After a highly-productive eight-game stint with the Los Angeles Lakers, Damian Jones earned a multi-year contract from the Sacramento Kings.
Jones only played 17 games for the Kings in the 2020-21 season, but he averaged 20.1 minutes per game and even started four games. If Jones is going to replicate the success he had in Sacramento last season, here’s what he should (and shouldn’t) look to do.
Best-case: Jones adds the 3-ball to his game and becomes a utility big man for the Kings.
Jones isn’t as polished as the Kings’ two veteran centers Richaun Holmes and Tristan Thompson, nor is he as enticing of a prospect as Marvin Bagley III or Neemias Queta are, so he’ll face an uphill battle for playing time to start training camp.