Spurs PG Tre Jones: Best Player in San Antonio?

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

Jeremy Brener | Apr 12, 2023

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The San Antonio Spurs are recovering from a season with very little team success.

Finishing with just 22 wins, there wasn't a lot to celebrate in San Antonio this season on a team level, but a few individuals enjoyed some personal success.

Bleacher Report chose each team's MVP for the season and selected point guard Tre Jones for the Spurs.

"This selection might come as a bit of a surprise for a player who averaged 12.9 points, but Tre Jones' 6.6 assists per game led the Spurs," Bleacher Report writes. "And among players who appeared in at least 40 games, he was 11th in assist-to-turnover ratio.

"Perhaps most importantly, when the steady-handed floor general was on the floor, the Spurs had a point differential around that of a 23-win team, which sounds bad, until you see that they played more like a 13-win team without Jones."

Despite being named team MVP, Jones, a third-year pro, may not even be the team's starting point guard next season.

With the late-season success from rookie Malaki Branham, along with the franchise's pair of first-round picks in June, could come a replacement for Jones in the rotation for someone with slightly more upside.

That being said, whoever might come in to challenge Jones' spot in the rotation will have to go through the former Duke Blue Devil to fight for his minutes.

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Published Apr 12, 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.