{"id":22433,"date":"2026-03-03T04:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=22433"},"modified":"2026-03-03T04:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:52:09","slug":"nuggets-bolster-depth-with-veteran-point-guard-tyus-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=22433","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets bolster depth with veteran point guard Tyus Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>Free agent guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3135046\/tyus-jones\">Tyus Jones<\/a> has agreed to sign with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c4aceb39-0eb9-a30b-1120-9cb5b12b677a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/den\/denver-nuggets\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>, his agent, Kevin Bradbury of LIFT Sports Management, told ESPN on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, 29, serves as a veteran point guard to fill a need for the Nuggets&#8217; backcourt down the stretch of the season and is eligible for the playoffs. He started the season &#8212; his 11th in the NBA &#8212; with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"74c23102-8c27-c8e6-ec1b-8a8fd4d42554\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/orl\/orlando-magic\">Orlando Magic<\/a> after signing a one-year deal last summer. Jones was traded to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"377633c2-0dd1-91a1-83c0-9ed2d0c00ea1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/cha\/charlotte-hornets\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>, then moved to the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f00d1f4e-4ce6-d581-466c-5b52531cf7ad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/dal\/dallas-mavericks\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> at the trade deadline before being waived on Saturday to clear roster space for the team to sign two-way guard <a data-player-guid=\"1773ce4a-1bf7-3557-a29a-b61722d700b7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4433629\/ryan-nembhard\">Ryan Nembhard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48083437\/nba-2025-26-postseason-tracker-clinched-playoff-play-spots\" class=\"img-link\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In eight games since joining the Mavericks in early February, Jones averaged 8.1 assists per 36 minutes &#8212; and had a 6.0 assist-to-turnover ratio, which ranked third best in the NBA during that span, according to ESPN Research.<\/p>\n<p>Jones gives the Nuggets an experienced ball handler and game manager as a reserve behind <a data-player-guid=\"153b92a9-8489-74e3-c524-6527eb991e84\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3936299\/jamal-murray\">Jamal Murray<\/a>. This season, the Nuggets average the third-fewest assists per game off the bench (6.5) in the NBA &#8212; ahead of only the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"78113ad4-1ac7-0c04-dada-388a6ff4e15e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-rockets\">Houston Rockets<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The best stretch of Jones&#8217; career came with Memphis in 2021-22 and 2022-23, when he garnered votes for Sixth Man of the Year while averaging 9.5 points and 4.8 assists across 153 games.<\/p>\n<p>Jones is averaging career lows in points per game (3.1), field goal percentage (34.9%) and 3-point percentage (28.1%) this season.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48083753\/nuggets-bolster-depth-veteran-point-guard-tyus-jones\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free agent guard Tyus Jones has agreed to sign with the Denver Nuggets, his agent, Kevin Bradbury of LIFT Sports Management, told ESPN on Monday. Jones, 29, serves as a veteran point guard to fill a need for the Nuggets&#8217; backcourt down the stretch of the season and is eligible for the playoffs. He started &#8230; <a title=\"Nuggets bolster depth with veteran point guard Tyus Jones\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=22433\" aria-label=\"Read more about Nuggets bolster depth with veteran point guard Tyus Jones\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Nuggets-bolster-depth-with-veteran-point-guard-Tyus-Jones.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22435,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22433\/revisions\/22435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}