2025-26 Season
TYUS JONES
2025-26 Season
TYUS JONES
Jones produces at an poor rate for a 14-minute workload.
Jones produces at an poor rate for a 14-minute workload.
PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology
TEAM COMPARISON
of 13 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
Similar Players
Same position, closest production profile this season.
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 246 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
An abysmal shooting slump and a rapidly shrinking role defined Tyus Jones's first 23 games of the season. Given a rare opportunity with the starting unit on 10/25 vs CHI, he completely vanished, missing all five of his shots to post a disastrous -14.4 Impact score. Even when Jones managed to set up his teammates, his total inability to threaten the basket severely handicapped the offense. During the 12/02 vs CHI matchup, he tallied six assists in 19 minutes, but his absolute lack of scoring gravity dragged him down to a brutal -13.9 Impact. He finally found a brief rhythm on 11/26 vs PHI, scoring a stretch-high 10 points on crisp 3-for-4 shooting to record his only positive outing with a +1.0 Impact. Ultimately, a point guard who cannot score becomes a glaring liability, and Jones spent most of this run hurting his team far more than he helped.
Tyus Jones spent the middle of the 2025-26 season stuck in a grueling offensive rut, briefly tasting a starting role before getting banished back to the bench. His lone bright spot arrived on 12/24 vs POR, where he dropped 16 points and 7 assists to generate a stellar +9.7 Impact score. He shot a blistering 6-for-9 from the field in that contest, creating immense value through elite shot selection and crisp playmaking. Yet that rhythm quickly vanished, replaced by empty-calorie distribution. Look at 01/28 vs MIA, where he tallied 9 assists in just 19 minutes but suffered a dismal -10.3 Impact score. Despite the flashy assist totals, hidden defensive lapses and a total inability to pressure the rim dragged his overall value straight into the gutter. The bottom completely fell out on 01/15 vs MEM, as he logged a horrific -13.0 Impact score while bricking four of his five shots and failing to grab a single rebound. When a veteran point guard stops scoring efficiently and bleeds points on the other end, his floor general reputation cannot save him from irrelevance.
Tyus Jones spent this late-season stretch tumbling into irrelevance. He battled a brutal slump that banished him to the deep bench. Just look at his outing on 03/05 vs LAL, where he posted a dreadful -15.6 impact score while failing to score or register a single assist in six ghost-like minutes. His abysmal metrics throughout this period stemmed from extreme passivity, rushed shot selection, and a total inability to organize the offense. He found a rare spark when thrust into the starting lineup on 02/20 vs MIN, logging 13 points and six assists to scrape together a +0.3 impact score. During an April start on 04/10 vs OKC, Jones hit all three of his attempts from deep to finish with nine points, but still posted a miserable -7.9 impact. That negative mark reveals the hidden costs of his floor time: opposing guards relentlessly hunted his lack of size on defense, entirely erasing the value of his perimeter shooting.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Struggling. Jones has posted negative impact in 94% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 35% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Average defender. Jones doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.
Small downward trend. First-half impact: -7.3, second-half: -8.8. Not alarming yet, but trending the wrong direction.
In a rough stretch — 18 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 21 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY ⚠ Updated 46 days ago
Based on 70 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
70 games played
