{"id":693703,"date":"2026-04-02T11:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693703\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:01:18","slug":"pistons-found-another-keeper-in-the-g-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693703\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons found another keeper in the G-League"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Pistons\u2019 two-way forward Isaac Jones has been impressive in the G-League this year and is getting recognition, winning the G-League player of the month for March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And what a March it was for Jones, who averaged\u00a0nearly 30\u00a0points and over 10 rebounds per game for the month\u00a0while\u00a0shooting 69 percent from the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jones is an interesting player, as he has logged NBA minutes with both the Kings and Pistons, and even though he is now on a two-way, Detroit has shown enough interest to think he could be on the roster one day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Pistons did right by Isaac Jones\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Pistons could have cut Jones back in January before his salary became fully guaranteed, but chose not to, which was a baffling decision at the time.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

They ended up needing his roster spot for Daniss Jenkins, so Jones was then demoted to a two-way contract, but still got paid like\u00a0an\u00a0NBA player, which is something the Pistons did not have to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0think they would have if there\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0some\u00a0interest\u00a0there, so this could have been a wink-wink move by the Pistons and Jones with the intent of bringing him back next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was a savvy move, as players\u00a0talk,\u00a0and the Pistons want to be known as an organization that takes care of its guys and one where developmental\u00a0projects\u00a0can go to flourish<\/a>, as has happened this season with Daniss Jenkins and Tolu Smith.<\/p>\n

With plenty of roster shuffling potentially coming <\/a>this summer, Jones may end up with a chance to\u00a0make the real team next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Pistons\u00a0need depth at power forward\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Pistons only have one real power forward on their roster currently, Tobias Harris, who is on an expiring deal and may not be back next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even if Harris does return, the Pistons will be looking for\u00a0additional\u00a0depth and size at the\u00a0position,\u00a0and Jones has shown he can hang, at least in the G-League, where he has dominated all season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s\u00a0averaging an impressive\u00a0stat line\u00a0of 22 points, nine rebounds, 2.6 assists,\u00a0a steal\u00a0and just under two blocks per game in the G-League this season while shooting 61.6 percent from the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jones has started taking 3-point shots, though\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0not hitting many of them, but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0something\u00a0he could eventually have in his arsenal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jones is a big, rangy player at 6-foot-8, 245 lbs. with a massive 7-foot-3\u00a0wingspan.\u00a0He\u2019s\u00a0got a weird game, but\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0effective around the rim, so\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0a chance\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0see him in Detroit next season, especially if he continues to defend at\u00a0a high level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With Tolu Smith also looking like an NBA player, and Jenkins already part of the rotation, the Pistons are finally starting to get some value out of their G-League system, something that was a complete failure in for the previous front office.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons\u2019 two-way forward Isaac Jones has been impressive in the G-League this year and is getting recognition,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,296,188,3860,6,297],"class_list":{"0":"post-693703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-pistons","11":"tag-detroitpistons","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-pistons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116334774485050096","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}