Portland Trail Blazers forward Derrick Jones Jr. will officially be a Blazer next year (as of right now) after taking his player option worth $9.7 million dollars. In an offseason that has left Blazers fans worrying quite often about how things will transpire, the first domino of franchise reconstruction has fallen with Jones being the first Blazer to be re-signed.
Jones had what most would call an interesting year. He didn’t exactly thrive as a starter, and he was almost completely out of the rotation by the end of the year. So why would Jones take the player option and what does it mean for Portland?