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The 76ers signed the 24-year-old forward to an Exhibit 10 contract on Tuesday, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin first reported, giving Jones a shot to win a training camp roster spot. Dillon Jones is bringing his rings to Philadelphia. Jones spent last season with the Knicks after winning a title with Oklahoma City the year before, making him one of the more unusual free-agent additions in the league this offseason. Philadelphia already added Jaylen Brown and LeBron James this summer, and Jones now joins a growing list of new faces chasing a championship the Sixers have not lifted in decades. He also reunites with Ariel Hukporti, his former Knicks teammate, giving Philadelphia two players who know exactly what it feels like to hoist a trophy.
Category Details Player Dillon Jones Previous team New York Knicks New team Philadelphia 76ers Contract status Exhibit 10 deal (non-guaranteed training camp contract) For a player who has bounced through three organizations in two years, it is a familiar kind of audition. Jones gives Philadelphia size and versatility at forward, standing 6-foot-5 and 235 pounds with the strength to guard multiple positions. Across 61 combined games with Oklahoma City and New York, he has averaged just 2.4 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.0 assist in under ten minutes a night. Jones averaged 15.2 points, 6.1 assists and 5.6 rebounds in 18 games for the Westchester Knicks last season, shooting close to 38 percent from three after making just 27.5 percent the year before. This kind of jump is exactly what earned him a senior-year MVP award in the Big Sky Conference, where he averaged 20.8 points, 10.1 rebounds and 5.2 assists at Weber State. Jones barely played in either title run, appearing in just seven games and 39 minutes for the Knicks and none of them in the playoffs.
“I spoke to Dillon often during this playoff run,” Brown said on The Roommates Show, explaining that Jones had just gone through a similar run with Oklahoma City. His NBA numbers do not jump off the page. His G League work tells a different story. Coach Mike Brown still leaned on him during the postseason.