What happened to Tyus Jones?

[kg01]

Him signing a Vet min deal last year is still crazy to me.

Guy bet on himself and came up snake eyes.

I always thought it was funny that people thought he'd be the missing link to pull those ball dominant guys together.

Like, as they were all hero-ballin, Jones was gonna 'make' them run offense. Smh

[tamaraw08]

Him signing a Vet min deal last year is still crazy to me.

I think Orlando suffered greatly for not signing him because they needed. decent player who can orchestrate their offense.
And it’s not going to get better if they don’t acquire a PG.

[tamaraw08]

Him signing a Vet min deal last year is still crazy to me.

Guy bet on himself and came up snake eyes.

I always thought it was funny that people thought he'd be the missing link to pull those ball dominant guys together.

Like, as they were all hero-ballin, Jones was gonna 'make' them run offense. Smh

Suns just lacked leadership and chemistry.
Ramona Shelburne reported before that these players just show up and don’t talk to each other in the dugout etc, KD dismissed the report but this team just synced collectively and they have decent defenders like Oneal, Allen etc who don’t hog the ball at all .

[enigmatics]

I considered him to be the perfect point guard in the Phoenix situation. Great assist to turnover ratio, solid numbers, and IQ without taking much attention.

At the end of the season, he was not even starting. What happened?

KD and Booker egos are what happened.

Instead of facilitating the offense they forced him to camp out on the 3pt line while they would walk the ball up and in KD's case proceed to turn it over too much.

Easily one of the most aggravating failures of this pathetic season.

[The Rainmaker]

He was always a bad fit. If you're going to have KD, Booker, and Beal starting you need guys who play defense and do the dirty work. Tyus is worst on defense than those 3 are and does less dirty work than they do. A non-grinding role player is the last type of player to put next to those 3. Not to mention he is nowhere near as talented offensively make up for being a garbage defender. As a PG this isnt Chris Paul or Steve Nash who can control the game. This is why I always thought he was a backup at best. If youre trying to be a serious team a non-grinding role player like Tyus should never be a starter.

[KingFox]

From what i've seen from Suns fans, his defense was so putrid, nothing else he did well was enough to overshadow that or justify him getting big minutes on that team.

[KingFox]

Him signing a Vet min deal last year is still crazy to me.

I think Orlando suffered greatly for not signing him because they needed. decent player who can orchestrate their offense.
And it’s not going to get better if they don’t acquire a PG.

They were killing people when Suggs was healthy

[pwayknicks]

He will look good as brunsons backup next year


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[durden_tyler]

Most likely that Phoenix had no reason to play him any more when they were out of the playoff race. He plays no role in the Suns' future as a 29 year old player on a 1 year minimum deal. He signed that deal to be a starting Point Guard on a Playoff team/potential contender. So he has no reason to resign with them on a minimum deal next season.

So it just made more sense for Phoenix to give priority to their young players and the players on long term contracts.

This, he had regular good numbers for most part of the season (he was in my fantasy and was a lifesaver during the time he played) but when Phoenix started struggling his minutes dropped in the latter half of the season.

Not a starter by any means but will definitely be more effective if coming off the bench and/or a spot starter with limited minutes.


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[metalinguss]

He’s one of the best backup PGs in the league but I guess he’s one of those players who only shines as a backup and not when given a larger role.

[balrog27]

Most likely that Phoenix had no reason to play him any more when they were out of the playoff race. He plays no role in the Suns' future as a 29 year old player on a 1 year minimum deal. He signed that deal to be a starting Point Guard on a Playoff team/potential contender. So he has no reason to resign with them on a minimum deal next season.

So it just made more sense for Phoenix to give priority to their young players and the players on long term contracts.

are you certain? I looked at the gamelogs, and they were on a huge losing streak with him starting, after he was moved to the bench, they got a few mroe wins.

[TheGeneral99]

Tyus Jones is who he is...a nice back up point guard.

Dude has averaged the same stats for 3 years in a row.

Gives you 10 and 5 on solid efficiency and nice 3 point shooting, playing safe and being low turnover.

He's an okay facilitator, he won't break down defenses, and he's limited due to his size and defense.

[bkkrh]

Most likely that Phoenix had no reason to play him any more when they were out of the playoff race. He plays no role in the Suns' future as a 29 year old player on a 1 year minimum deal. He signed that deal to be a starting Point Guard on a Playoff team/potential contender. So he has no reason to resign with them on a minimum deal next season.

So it just made more sense for Phoenix to give priority to their young players and the players on long term contracts.

are you certain? I looked at the gamelogs, and they were on a huge losing streak with him starting, after he was moved to the bench, they got a few mroe wins.

I mean I didn't follow them super closely, but they were 27-32 when he was completely removed from the starting lineup, which in the West meant already more or less that anything above a low play in spot will be almost impossible to achieve. Especially since nobody knew yet that Dallas will completely colapse and shut it down (they were still doing pretty ok at this point, even after the Luka trade),

From the games I saw and looking at his stats I'd say that he was this season the same player he always was. A really solid point guard, somewhere between low tier starter and high tier backup. So I don't really see him having a negative impact on games.

About the more wins part. They were pretty streaky all season and had a multiple win series and I remember them really looking like a potential contender early in the season. It was mostly impacted by 1 or 2 of Durant, Booker and Beal being injured and out of the lineup multiple times during the season. Especially Durant, with whom they had a record of 35-27 and who played in all games when Jones was moved to the bench besides the last 7, where they also went 1-6.

To a lesser extend another factor is definitely also replacing Nurkic with Nick Richards, so going from a Center that is also constantly injured to one that is healthy and plays.

[Mr Peanut]

He should have signed with Orlando or Detroit.

There were reports that Detroit made a higher offer than Phoenix. But he took the Suns offer because he wanted a better opportunity to compete and win. And then the Pistons made the playoffs while the Suns couldn't make the play-in.

[UcanUwill]

He should have signed with Orlando or Detroit.

There were reports that Detroit made a higher offer than Phoenix. But he took the Suns offer because he wanted a better opportunity to compete and win. And then the Pistons made the playoffs while the Suns couldn't make the play-in.

Well, no one could see the future, Detroit having a better season than Suns was a surprise.

Reminds me of Jasikevicius declining CAVS offer, and signing with Pacers, so he could win, and CAVS made finals very next season with Erick Snow and Boobie Gibson running point...

[SkyBill40]

He should have signed with Orlando or Detroit.

There were reports that Detroit made a higher offer than Phoenix. But he took the Suns offer because he wanted a better opportunity to compete and win. And then the Pistons made the playoffs while the Suns couldn't make the play-in.

He took the Suns offer because he was going to start. That's about it.

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[Wingy]

Him signing a Vet min deal last year is still crazy to me.

Guy bet on himself and came up snake eyes.

I always thought it was funny that people thought he'd be the missing link to pull those ball dominant guys together.

Like, as they were all hero-ballin, Jones was gonna 'make' them run offense. Smh

Don’t feel the need to dig up the actual receipt, but I was also in the ‘these guys still aren’t good’ camp.