[139] Jones posted 6 assists and 10 points against the San Antonio Spurs on March 8. 7 pick to Bulls for Jimmy Butler", "Timberwolves Acquire 2018 First-Round Draft From Utah In Exchange for Guard Ricky Rubio", "NBA Trade Grades: Bulls to send Jimmy Butler to Timberwolves", "Timberwolves' Tyus Jones transforms his defense from a liability to an asset", "Timberwolves' Tyus Jones: Back to limited bench role", "Injuries give Wolves' Tyus Jones a chance to play his 'natural position, "Tyus Jones Had His Best Game of the Season Against The Kings", "Timberwolves' Tyus Jones: Career-high 13 dimes in start", "Duke Basketball: Tyus Jones puts rest of NBA to shame in key metrics", "Westbrook's triple-double lifts Thunder past Wolves 132-126", "Raptors end regular season with 120-100 win over T-Wolves", "Is Tyus Jones a more attractive free agent than Ricky Rubio? NBA Comparison: Jarrett Jack. [24] By late April, there were rumors that Cliff Alexander and Justise Winslow would attend whatever school Jones and Okafor attended. [9] By the time he attended the July 2011 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Peach Jam tournament he already had offers from Minnesota and Baylor. [144][145] On November 8, Jones posted career highs with 12 points and 5 steals as well as a career-high tying 5 rebounds to go along with a game-high 7 assists against the Brooklyn Nets. Basketball. 5 Duke beats Pitt to put Coach K on brink of milestone", "Mike Krzyzewski becomes 1st Div. [143] Nonetheless he began the season behind Rubio and Kris Dunn on the team depth chart. Pedigree-wise, from the Huskies to the Bulldogs. NBA. Twitter: He was ranked among the top 10 players in the national high school clas… in Burnsville, Minnesota He committed to the Duke University men's basketball team as a package with Jahlil Okafor. [41] As Okafor and Jones visited Kansas and Duke together during the last two weekends of October, those two schools were considered the favorites for the services of both. Get the latest COLLEGE-BASKETBALL news on Ty Jones. Macura). The latest stats, facts, news and notes on Ty Jones of the Washington Huskies. [6][7] His parents are divorced. Come fan with us. As a sophomore, he was a unanimous selection as the 2012 Minnesota Associated Press Player of the Year for high school boys basketball and was named to the 2012 Associated Press All-state team along with Siyani Chambers, Joey King, Tyler Vaughan and Johnny Woodard. Join our linker program. He scored the team's final nine points in the final 1:25 of regulation to force overtime and became the first player in the rivalry to score tally 22 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds since assists became official stats in 1983-84. [7] Following the season, Jones again played for Team USA at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania from June 29 – July 8, 2012. Tyus Robert Jones [7][11] By the end of his sophomore season, he had an offer from Duke to go along with his earlier offers from Minnesota, Iowa State, Michigan State, Ohio State, Providence, Arizona, Baylor and Marquette. However, in his third year he became an above average defender statistically. [57], On December 12, Apple Valley had a 5–0 record (including victories over state powerhouses DeLaSalle—with a sidelined Reid Travis—and Hopkins)[58][59] and national rankings of 41 by USA Today and 16 by MaxPreps, while Whitney Young entered the game 1–1 with a 34 ranking. He made his season debut on November 1 with 6 assists in the Timberwolves' third game against Memphis when Rubio was lost indefinitely to a sprained elbow. [91] In its preseason top 100 player ranking, Jones was listed at number 45 by ESPN. On the eve of their announcement, Duke was the heavy favorite to land Jones and Okafor. [128][129] Two games later on November 10, he was active again when three starters were sidelined, including Rubio who was scratched from the lineup right before tipoff. [126][127] Jones was active for the first time on November 7 when Kevin Martin had to be away from the team for the game against the Chicago Bulls. [101] For his performance, Jones earned ACC Rookie of the week and Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week award. [124] Jones started in the preseason opener when Ricky Rubio was sidelined, but did not fare well against Russell Westbrook, going scoreless and nearly giving up a triple double. [9] According to Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller, when he plays for Duke, Jones is likely to finish among the top 5 in the nation in assists per game but may need to work on his defense. Stanley Johnson was the only other junior on the 20-man All-American First Team. Do you have a blog? Are you a Stathead, too? SB Nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of SBNation.com, MMAFighting.com and over 300 fan-centric team communities. [151] Thus, the 2017–18 Minnesota Timberwolves entered training camp with just Jones and Jeff Teague at point guard. Do you have a sports website? [137] On February 22 he posted a career-high 9 points on 4-of-7 shooting against the Boston Celtics. 3 Duke fend off No. Buffalo, New York. [105] Jones tied his career high on January 19 with 22 points against Pittsburgh in Mike Krzyzewski's 999th career victory,[106] and on January 25 he also had 22 points against St. John's in Krzyzewski's 1000th career victory. [7] That season, he averaged 20.1 points, 7.1 assists and 2.6 steals per game in 16 games, after missing 7 weeks due to a lacerated kidney. home/away, monthly, etc... More Tyus Jones Basketball Reference pages, 2020-21 Grizzlies He began hosting an annual basketball camp called JHoops Live in 2009. University at Buffalo. [149] Jones' ability to contribute was a bit of a question mark according to some. [168] In the end, Jones made the final 12 man roster that was announced on June 15. [61][62][63] On January 4 in the Timberwolves Shootout at the Target Center, Jones led Apple Valley over the Kansas defending Class 6A champion Blue Valley High School who was ranked number 18 by USA Today at the time. … He was selected along with fellow Duke commits Okafor and Winslow. [17] Following his junior season, he was co-winner of the Minnesota Associated Press Player of the Year award for high school boys basketball, with DeLaSalle fellow junior Reid Travis. 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