Pacers rookie Kam Jones was arrested after a brief chase on Interstate 65 in Indianapolis on Monday morning, according to Mike Potter of WTHR-13News.
According to Indiana State Police, a trooper tried to pull over Jones for allegedly driving erratically on southbound I-65. Police say Jones did not pull over at first and led them on a brief chase that ended near the Fletcher Avenue exit near Fountain Square in Indianapolis. As of Monday afternoon, Jones was being held in the Marion County jail on preliminary charges of reckless driving and resisting law enforcement.
The Pacers issued this statement: “We are aware of the situation involving Kam Jones. We are in the process of gathering additional information and will not have any additional comment on the matter at this time.”
Jones was drafted with the No. 38 overall pick in June and signed a standard contract in July. He missed most of training camp due to a back injury and is expected to be reevaluated sometime next month.
A 6’5″ combo guard, Jones spent his entire four-year college career at Marquette, where he was a consensus second-team All-American and a member of the All-Big East first team in 2025 after averaging 19.2 points, 5.9 assists, and 4.5 rebounds in 33.8 minutes per game across 34 outings as a senior.
I met him at summer league and had a brief conversation with him he seemed like a rly chill down to earth guy hope he gets outta this
Hopefully he goes to jail since his drunk driving could have killed innocent people. What an ass.
Erratic Driving =/= Drunk Driving
The law is the law – for anyone, if there’s risk you’re over the BAC call Uber, family or a friend. The latter two will probably be happy to help.
No excuse these days…
Alcohol was mentioned nowhere.
Good point. And a night of intense Scrabble games could take its toll on motor skills 😂
Maybe… Best case scenario seems to be alcohol.
SMH you making more on teh contract then many people make their whole life and do something stupid like this.
Choosing the military draft would have been a better choice