Tyus Jones

BIOGRAPHY

Tyus Jones was born on May 10, 1996, in Apple Valley, Minnesota. He is a point guard in the NBA.

Jones comes from a family of basketball players. He has three brothers: Tre, who plays for with the Duke Blue Devils, and two half-brothers, Jadee Jones and Reggie Bunch, who also played college basketball in the United States. His mother, Debbie, also played point guard and led Devils Lake High School to the North Dakota high school championship. Rob Jones, his father, stands at 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) and played for University of Wisconsin–Parkside in the 1980s when they competed at the Division III level. His aunt Darcy Cascaes, DeLaSalle High School's athletic director, earned two high school state championships at Devils Lake and was an all-conference guard for University of North Dakota. Al Nuness, who Tyus refers to as an uncle, was a captain for Minnesota Gophers basketball in the 1960s. His cousin Jared Nuness was 1997 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year and runner-up Minnesota Mr. Basketball.

As he entered his freshman season at Duke, he was selected by USA Today to its Preseason All-American second team and by CBS Sports to its Preseason All-American third team.[91] In its preseason top 100 player ranking, Jones was listed at number 45 by ESPN. Jones was named to the 36-man Bob Cousy Award Preseason Watch List. He was also listed as a John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 candidate and a Wayman Tisdale Award Watch List selection. Jones was also included in the early December Naismith Award top 50 watch list. On November 30, Jones posted a season-high 10 assists along with 16 points for his first career double-double against Army. In the ACC–Big Ten Challenge against #2 Wisconsin, Jones led the way to an 80–70 victory with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, which were all team highs. For his performance, Jones earned ACC Rookie of the week and Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week award. He was named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list on January 14.

On April 15, 2015, Jones announced he was ending his college career to enter the 2015 NBA draft. He was selected with the 24th overall pick in the draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, who then traded his draft rights to his hometown team, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

With Ja Morant sidelined on February 15, 2022, Jones started and posted a career-high 27 points against the New Orleans Pelicans. Jones broke his own record in the 2021–22 season with a 7.04 assist to turnover ratio. The 2021–22 Grizzlies went 20–5 in regular season games with Morant sidelined, and Jones started 23 of those 25 games.

On July 6, 2022, Jones re-signed with the Grizzlies on a two-year, $30 million contract.

On March 17, 2023, Jones had his first NBA career triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in an overtime victory over his brother's San Antonio Spurs. The next night he posted 14 assists with zero turnovers against the Golden State Warriors. Jones led the NBA in assists:turnover ratio for a fifth consecutive season.

He was traded to the Washington Wizards following the 2022-23 season.