2025-26 Season

KAM JONES

Indiana Pacers | Guard | 6-4

2025-26 Season

KAM JONES

Indiana Pacers | Guard | 6-4 | Yr 0

4.3 PPG

1.6 RPG

3.0 APG

16.0 MPG

-4.0 Impact

Jones produces at an below average rate for a 16-minute workload.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

-4.0

Scoring +2.2

Points 4.3 PPG × +1.00 = +4.3

Missed 2PT 1.1/g × -0.78 = -0.9

Missed 3PT 1.3/g × -0.87 = -1.1

Missed FT 0.1/g × -1.00 = -0.1

Creation +2.0

Assists 3.0/g × +0.50 = +1.5

Off. Rebounds 0.4/g × +1.26 = +0.5

Turnovers -1.8

Turnovers 0.9/g × -1.95 = -1.8

Defense -0.4

Steals 0.5/g × +2.30 = +1.1

Blocks 0.0/g × +0.90 = +0.0

Def. Rebounds 1.2/g × +0.30 = +0.4

Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9

Hustle & Effort +1.2

Contested Shots 2.0/g × +0.20 = +0.4

Deflections 1.0/g × +0.65 = +0.7

Loose Balls 0.2/g × +0.60 = +0.1

Raw Impact +3.2

Baseline (game-average expected) −7.2

Net Impact

-4.0

8th pctl vs Guards

About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works

TEAM COMPARISON

#20

Impact

#19

Offense

#16

Hustle

Defense

of 20 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Isaiah Jackson +4.3 Pascal Siakam +4.1 T.J. McConnell +3.8 Jay Huff +2.3 Micah Potter +2.3 Obi Toppin +1.1 Quenton Jackson +0.9 Tony Bradley +0.6 Garrison Mathews -0.7 Andrew Nembhard -2.1 Aaron Nesmith -2.2 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl -2.4 Taelon Peter -2.6 Johnny Furphy -2.9 Kobe Brown -3.1 Jarace Walker -3.4 Ben Sheppard -3.6 Bennedict Mathurin -3.7 Ethan Thompson -4.6 Kam Jones -5.7

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 18th

5.7 PPG

Efficiency 33th

52.2% TS

Playmaking 76th

4.0 APG

Rebounding 21th

2.0 RPG

Rim Protection 38th

0.10/min

Hustle 12th

0.07/min

Shot Creation 50th

0% pullup

TO Discipline 48th

0.06/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

A brutal transition from garbage-time novelty to overwhelmed starter defined Kam Jones's early campaign. When his minutes finally expanded on 01/17 vs DET, he suffered an absolute deep-freeze from the floor, shooting 1-for-10 to post a disastrous -13.3 impact score. The coaching staff stubbornly handed him the keys anyway, but his hollow box scores quickly became a glaring issue. He logged 12 points and 8 assists on 02/03 vs UTA, yet posted a -5.8 impact because his scoring was completely overshadowed by costly turnovers and defensive breakdowns. Things bottomed out completely on 02/20 vs WAS. Despite racking up 11 assists in 39 minutes, his offensive execution fell off a cliff with a 2-for-9 shooting performance, yielding a catastrophic -22.4 impact rating. Opposing teams relentlessly targeted him on defensive switches, exposing a guard who simply cannot survive heavy rotation minutes right now.

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

Feb 20 | -22.4 impact

PATTERNS

Struggling. Jones has posted negative impact in 84% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.

Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 45% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.

Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Jones locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.

Performance has dropped off. First-half impact: -2.2, second-half: -5.9. Worth watching whether it's fatigue, injury, or opponents adjusting.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 3 games. Longest cold streak: 22 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 48 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.