SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs have officially re-signed point guard Tre Jones, the team announced a few weeks after the contract agreement was reported.
According to a report via ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on June 30, the Spurs and Jones agreed to a two-year deal worth $20 million.
Agreeing to terms with Jones but waiting a few weeks to sign it was a bit of creative accounting that gave San Antonio some extra cap space to work with, and they used it to execute a trade with the Phoenix Suns for Cam Payne.
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Last season, he played 68 games and averaged 12.9 points per game along with 6.6 assists and 45% field goal shooting.
Jones was set to be a restricted free agent this offseason but retaining him made sense for the current rebuild.
He proved to be a steady hand as the starting point guard last season and boasted one of the best NBA assist-to-turnover ratios at 6.6 assists to 1.6 turnovers per game.
In addition, Jones is familiar with the Spurs' system and increased his production on the court throughout last season.
He posted 13.8 points per game, 5.8 assists, and 1.2 steals in December 2022 and wrapped up the season averaging 17.8 points per game, and 10.0 assists in April in five games played.
Among point guards in the NBA last season, he ranked 13th in offensive rebounding, 14th in steals, and 14th in assists. He also scored 20-plus points multiple times last season and recorded a triple-double twice last season against the Wolves (21 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists) on April 8 and versus the Kings (17 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists) on April 2.
He also scored in double-figures in 11-straight games to close the 2022-23 season. Jones made it clear that he was excited to be back with a tweet as the news broke.
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