Spurs PG Tre Jones Ranks Among Best NBA Free Agents

Tre Jones averaged 12.9 points and 6.6 assists for the San Antonio Spurs this season.

Jeremy Brener | Apr 24, 2023

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The San Antonio Spurs have a lot of cap space to work with this offseason and a lot of flexibility to do what they need to improve the team.

Most of that money will go towards signing outside free agents, but the Spurs have a player worth re-signing on the open market ... point guard Tre Jones.

Jones averaged 12.9 points and 6.6 assists in his third professional season, enough to place him as the 20th best free agent in this summer's class according to Bleacher Report.

"It flew under the radar because the San Antonio Spurs were in the bottom three all season, but Tre Jones had a solid campaign as a table-setting 1 who takes care of the ball," Bleacher Report writes. "He was 16th in the league in assist percentage and 11th in assist-to-turnover ratio. If a team believes it can help him develop a decent three-point shot (as his brother Tyus did), it could probably justify a pretty solid offer for him."

Jones has been a rising commodity ever since he was taken with the No. 41 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, and his growth has given the Spurs reason to re-sign him. However, if the Spurs find a player with a higher ceiling in the draft, namely projected No. 2 overall pick Scoot Henderson, it could affect Jones' future in San Antonio.

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Published Apr 24, 2023

JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.