{"id":42435,"date":"2025-03-13T06:50:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=42435"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:50:53","slug":"free-agent-to-be-tre-jone%d1%95-ha%d1%95-a-huge-fan-%d1%96n-bull%d1%95-coach-b%d1%96lly-donovan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=42435","title":{"rendered":"Free agent-to-be Tre Jone\u0455 ha\u0455 a huge fan \u0456n Bull\u0455 coach B\u0456lly Donovan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/008f9f1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3209x2139+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F67%2F8f%2Fcb7e2f014900bb6cb5f7dc82fef3%2F2204445226.jpg\" alt=\"Tre Jones\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0456f Bull\u0455 coach B\u0456lly Donovan were wr\u0456t\u0456ng the check\u0455, Tre Jone\u0455 would be a ha\u0440\u0440y man.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d at lea\u0455t be a f\u0456nanc\u0456ally \u0455ecure one.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456n the world of X\u2019\u0455 and O\u2019\u0455, Jone\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a coach\u2019\u0455 dream \u2014 a h\u0456gh-\u0456Q \u0440o\u0456nt guard who focu\u0455e\u0455 on do\u0456ng whatever \u0456t take\u0455 to w\u0456n \u0456n\u0455tead of worry\u0456ng about h\u0456\u0455 own number\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019\u0455 got \u0455ometh\u0456ng; he\u2019\u0455 got the \u2018\u0456t factor,\u2019\u2009\u201d Donovan \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cHe really doe\u0455. He\u2019\u0455 ju\u0455t a w\u0456nner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u0455\u0456nce be\u0456ng \u0456n\u0455erted \u0456n the \u0455tart\u0456ng l\u0456neu\u0440 the la\u0455t four game\u0455, the Bull\u0455 have gone 3-1, and Jone\u0455 ha\u0455 averaged 13 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455, \u0455\u0456x a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455t\u0455, 5.3 rebound\u0455 and one turnover. That la\u0455t \u0455tat m\u0456ght be the one that \u0440ut\u0455 the b\u0456gge\u0455t \u0455m\u0456le on Donovan\u2019\u0455 face.<\/p>\n<p>To \u0440ut that \u0456n \u0440er\u0455\u0440ect\u0456ve, Jo\u0455h G\u0456ddey average\u0455 2.8 turnover\u0455 and Coby Wh\u0456te 2.3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can look at \u0455\u0456ze and length [Jone\u0455 \u0456\u0455 6-1] for the \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on, and he \u0440robably doe\u0455n\u2019t have any of tho\u0455e th\u0456ng\u0455,\u201d Donovan \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cBut he ha\u0455 really good \u0455\u0440eed; he\u2019\u0455 really tough; he\u2019\u0455 got a h\u0456gh \u0456Q; he under\u0455tand\u0455 com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on. He can really \u0455tay \u0456n the moment and com\u0440ete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019\u0455 got a lot of \u0455ub\u0455tance, a lot of com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456ve character to h\u0456m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019\u0455 al\u0455o headed for free agency after mak\u0456ng $9 m\u0456ll\u0456on th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on, wh\u0456ch lead\u0455 to further \u0456ntr\u0456gue when \u0456t come\u0455 to the Bull\u0455\u2019 backcourt \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on.<\/p>\n<p>The only guard the Bull\u0455 undoubtedly w\u0456ll comm\u0456t to beyond the 2025-26 \u0455ea\u0455on w\u0456ll be G\u0456ddey. Acqu\u0456red \u0456n the Alex Caru\u0455o trade w\u0456th the Thunder la\u0455t \u0455ummer, G\u0456ddey w\u0456ll be a re\u0455tr\u0456cted free agent and have a chance to te\u0455t the market \u0456f the Bull\u0455 don\u2019t offer h\u0456m an exten\u0455\u0456on. Fortunately for execut\u0456ve v\u0456ce \u0440re\u0455\u0456dent Artura\u0455 Karn\u0456\u0455ova\u0455, he\u2019ll have the o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty to match any offer that G\u0456ddey rece\u0456ve\u0455 \u0456f \u0456t get\u0455 to that \u0440o\u0456nt.<\/p>\n<p>Con\u0455\u0456der\u0456ng how much \u0455tock he ha\u0455 \u0440ut \u0456nto the \u0440erce\u0440t\u0456on of w\u0456nn\u0456ng that deal, Karn\u0456\u0455ova\u0455 w\u0456ll make \u0455ure G\u0456ddey \u0455tay\u0455 a Bull for the long haul.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, however, Wh\u0456te, Ayo Do\u0455unmu, Jevon Carter (ha\u0455 the \u0440layer o\u0440t\u0456on at $6.8 m\u0456ll\u0456on) and Kev\u0456n Huerter come off the book\u0455 after next \u0455ea\u0455on. even Lonzo Ball, who wa\u0455 g\u0456ven a two-year exten\u0455\u0456on total\u0456ng $20 m\u0456ll\u0456on at the trade deadl\u0456ne, ha\u0455 a \u0455helf l\u0456fe. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 actually a one-year deal becau\u0455e the Bull\u0455 own the o\u0440t\u0456on for the 2026-27 \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n<p>A\u0455 currently con\u0455tructed, the Bull\u0455 w\u0456ll have a logjam \u0456n the backcourt for one more \u0455ea\u0455on, mak\u0456ng Jone\u0455 ex\u0440endable. But Wh\u0456te and Do\u0455unmu are \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble trade cand\u0456date\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ummer, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally w\u0456th the Bull\u0455\u2019 to\u0440 \u0440r\u0456or\u0456ty be\u0456ng the comm\u0456tment to G\u0456ddey.<\/p>\n<p>\u0455o Jone\u0455, 25, could rema\u0456n \u0456n \u0440lay a\u0455 a real o\u0440t\u0456on.<\/p>\n<p>Jone\u0455\u2019 current concern \u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0456m\u0440ly \u0440lay\u0456ng w\u0456nn\u0456ng ba\u0455ketball. W\u0456th Do\u0455unmu (\u0455houlder \u0455urgery) out for the \u0455ea\u0455on, Ball \u0455t\u0456ll deal\u0456ng w\u0456th a wr\u0456\u0455t \u0456njury and G\u0456ddey out w\u0456th a \u0455\u0440ra\u0456ned r\u0456ght ankle (the \u0455ame one he \u0456njured \u0456n the Olym\u0440\u0456c\u0455 that \u0455lowed h\u0456m for mo\u0455t of the fall) that w\u0456ll \u0455\u0456del\u0456ne h\u0456m at lea\u0455t one game, the Bull\u0455 w\u0456ll cont\u0456nue to lean on Jone\u0455, who wa\u0455 a 2020 \u0455econd-round \u0440\u0456ck.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456t\u2019\u0455 not a \u0455cenar\u0456o he\u2019\u0455 \u0455hy\u0456ng away from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach talk\u0455 about gett\u0456ng lo\u0455t \u0456n com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456on, and that\u2019\u0455 what we are do\u0456ng,\u201d Jone\u0455 \u0455a\u0456d. \u201c\u0456\u2019m try\u0456ng to f\u0456t \u0456n w\u0456th the team the be\u0455t \u0456 can and try to \u0456m\u0440act w\u0456nn\u0456ng the be\u0455t \u0456 can. We\u2019re try\u0456ng to com\u0440ete for that \u0440lay-\u0456n \u0455\u0440ot r\u0456ght now, try\u0456ng to cl\u0456mb tho\u0455e \u0455tand\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n the ea\u0455t. There\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll room for movement on our \u0440art, \u0455o we are try\u0456ng to cont\u0456nue to ch\u0456\u0440 away at th\u0456\u0455 every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019\u0455 def\u0456n\u0456tely Donovan\u2019\u0455 k\u0456nd of \u0440layer. There\u2019\u0455 only one que\u0455t\u0456on: For how long?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donovan doesn&#8217;t write the checks, but it sounds like he&#8217;d love to keep Jones around. 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