As the San Antonio Spurs look to improve their roster around Victor Wembanyama this summer, one of their top priorities should be to add playmaking. Dan Favale of Bleacher Report listed Washington Wizards guard Tyus Jones as a potential free-agency fit for the Spurs this summer.
“Bringing in a game manager like Tyus Jones, the brother of Tre Jones, is a modest move that would go a long way,” Favale wrote. “Turnovers are a foreign concept to him, he knows how to bob and weave in and out of the lane, and he’s a good enough shooter to stretch defenses away from the ball. (He hit over 42 percent of his spot-up triples last year.)
“San Antonio can chisel out close to $20 million in cap space, so giving chase to Tyus isn’t an issue and neither is prying him from the Wizards. They’re in the infancy of a rebuild, and Tyus is an unrestricted free agent. His leaving for what profiles as a more competitive situation is hardly farfetched unless Washington is throwing gobs of money his way. None of this is to say Tyus plus two inbound lottery picks and some moves on the margins will transform the Spurs into an immediate playoff threat. But they did just decidedly win the minutes Wemby and Tre logged together. Upgrading and expanding that dynamic by signing Tyus renders them a more immediate menace in the Western Conference without crashing into their long-term plans or assets.”
Jones’ playmaking would seriously help the Spurs’ offense.
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