Spurs re-signing free-agent guard to two-year deal after career season

Tre Jones is re-signing with the Spurs, having agreed to a two-year, $20M contract, agent Kevin Bradbury tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Jones was a restricted free agent after San Antonio issued him a $5,216,324 qualifying offer. He didn’t need to sign an offer sheet from a rival team to nearly double that figure.

The 41st overall pick of the 2020 draft, the former Duke point guard has spent his entire pro career with the Spurs. He played sparingly as a rookie, had a regular bench role in 2021-22 and emerged as a full-time starter in 2022-23 after the club traded Dejounte Murray to Atlanta last summer.

In 68 games last season (29.2 MPG), Jones averaged 12.9 PPG, 6.6 APG, 3.6 RPG and 1.3 SPG on .459/.285/.860 shooting. Surely he’d like to boost that three-point percentage, but Jones provides value in other areas, including solid playmaking while taking excellent care of the ball — he posted a 4.1-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio in 2022-23.

Still just 23 years old, Jones will hit unrestricted free agency in a couple of years when he’s 25.