“Mmm,” point guard Tre Jones said as the standings update was relayed to him just minutes after he had scored 18 points and dished out 12 assists in the Bulls’ victory over the Jazz.

The information wasn’t really necessary because Jones knew exactly where he and his teammates stood in the Eastern Conference: They had moved ahead of the Heat to grab the No. 9 seed late Monday night.

“We’re definitely talking about it,” Jones said with a grin. “We know what seed we are, how many games back of the other teams we are and things like that, especially this time of year. Things are shuffling around, especially with us winning right now. We’re able to climb those rankings a little bit, so [we’ll] try to keep this thing going and see where we end up.”

That’s Jones’ mindset now. He’s grabbing this opportunity with the Bulls since coming over in the Zach LaVine three-team trade and running with it. Check that, sprinting with it.

Jones, who’s in the last year of a contract that pays him $9.1 million this season, knows that everything can change — the standings, his playing time and, soon enough, even which team he might be playing for.

So for Jones, one possession at a time, one game at a time is not a cliché.

Since becoming a starter after injuries to Ayo Dosunmu (season-ending shoulder surgery), Lonzo Ball (wrist) and Josh Giddey (ankle), Jones has helped the Bulls rattle off a 5-2 record and is averaging 15.3 points and 6.9 assists.

Giddey is expected back Wednesday or Thursday, but Jones’ role won’t be changing.

If Ball returns, things would get interesting, but, for now, Jones is a keeper, and if it was up to coach Billy Donovan, he’d be staying beyond the rest of this season.

Donovan covets high-IQ, low-turnover point guards, and Jones is the poster boy. Then factor in how he has embraced the Bulls’ run-and-gun style, and it’s no wonder Donovan is constantly gushing about the new addition to the roster.

“He’s really smart, he’s got a good feel and, for the most part, he’s a really low-turnover guy,” Donovan said. “He takes really good care [of the ball]. He’s got really good vision; he sees the game. He gets into the lane, and a lot of times for his size, he knows the shots to take in the lane and the ones to dribble through and create actions for other guys.”

To sum up, Jones is Donovan’s type of guard.

And this is Jones’ type of team and offense. The Spurs played fast, too, but it wasn’t exactly smash-the-turbo-button fast like it is for the Bulls, who play a style Jones has played his whole life.

“I think it fits perfectly,” Jones said. “Just being able to get up and down in transition, it opens up lanes for myself to get downhill, and I’m able to find guys once I get into the paint. We can just play off of that. And also just wearing teams down throughout the game. It fits my game perfectly.”

But for how long? That’s suddenly a big-picture issue that the organization has to start adding to its long list of concerns beyond this season.

Giddey is due a large payday with an extension, Coby White and Dosunmu are signed through next season and Ball was given an extension for two more years (the second year is a team option). More than a logjam of guards, it’s a glut of ball-handlers.

And the other question would be: How would the Bulls squeeze Jones in and stay under the cap? Wanting to keep him is one thing; being able to keep him is another.

For Jones, it’s a discussion for another day.

After all, there are standings to climb.