The Pistons waived forward Isaac Jones in order to clear the roster space necessary to officially completed their three-team trade with Chicago and Minnesota, tweets Keith Smith of Spotrac.
An undrafted free agent out of Washington State, Jones played well in a modest role for the Kings as a rookie in 2024/25, beginning the year on a two-way contract and earning a promotion to a standard deal last March. However, Sacramento cut him this past November to make room on its roster for Precious Achiuwa, at which time Detroit claimed the 25-year-old off waivers.
While Jones was on Detroit’s roster for nearly three months, he appeared in just one game for the Pistons, logging two garbage-time minutes. He has spent most of this season with the Motor City Cruise, the Pistons’ G League affiliate. In 26 NBAGL outings, he has averaged 15.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.3 blocks in 28.1 minutes per game, making 55.7% of his field goal attempts.
Jones’ salary was non-guaranteed when the Pistons claimed him in November but was locked in after January 7, when the team opted not to release him at the league-wide salary guarantee deadline. Unless he’s claimed off waivers again this time around, Detroit will be on the hook for Jones’ full $1,955,377 cap hit.
The trade the Pistons officially finalized on Tuesday night sent Jaden Ivey to Chicago, with Kevin Huerter and Dario Saric landing in Detroit. Since the Pistons had a full 15-man roster, they weren’t able to accommodate the one-for-two deal without waiving a player.
Saric looks like the next potential release candidate for the Pistons — cutting him would allow the club to open up a 15-man roster spot for two-way standout Daniss Jenkins, who is just one game away from reaching his limit of 50 active regular season games.
There goes that guy
Daniss Jenkins literally rejected a 2 year minimum standard contract. from Detroit. The Pistons will have to overpay him
Yeah this is the side of basketball embedding on yourself. Other than a torn ACL, which if he does he still can get the same minimum contract. He’s in the position to bet on himself. When players are offered 80 million or 100 million or even sometimes 50 million as role players and they bet on themselves, that is crazy because the market can change. But there’s always going to be $5 to $10 million out there. So he’s smart, the better himself. They’ll at least try to get five or six million a year instead of 1.8 to two. Stay healthy have a good run get paid in the summer!!!
He’ll accept a reasonable contract for 2-3 years or just play out the year on a minimum. He leaves we still have Sasser.
Ye and the pistons are a good team this year