PULLMAN — Isaac Jones may have found a home in northern California.
The former Washington State forward’s two-way contract with the Sacramento Kings has been converted two a standard, two-year deal, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Jones has appeared in 31 games with the Kings, while averaging 20.9 points and 10 rebounds with the G-League Stockton Kings.
Jones, who previously made stops in junior college and at Idaho, spent his one season at WSU helping the Cougs snap a 16-year NCAA Tournament drought in 2023-24. That season, he averaged 15.3 points and 7.6 rebounds on 58% shooting, earning a spot on the all-Pac-12 first team.
Starting his career with three seasons at Wenatchee Valley College, Jones spent the 2022-23 season at nearby Idaho before transferring to Washington State, where he also averaged more than one block per game, solidifying WSU’s defense. An athletic 6-foot-9 forward, Jones made his lack of perimeter game work, punishing defenses around the rim.
After going undrafted last spring, Jones signed a two-way deal with Sacramento. This season, he’s expanded his game to the 3-point arc, where he’s taking about four triples per game, sinking 27% of them. Jones is also shooting 73% from the free throw line, a career high since he went to Idaho.
In 31 games with the Kings this season, Jones is averaging 3.7 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in 8.3 minutes for a Sacramento team that entered Sunday in ninth place in the Western Conference, which would be good for a spot in the play-in tournament.
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