She did an internship in the summer of 2015 with IdentiSys in Eden Prairie. His mother, Debbie, also played point guard and led Devils Lake High School to the North Dakota high school championship. [143] Nonetheless he began the season behind Rubio and Kris Dunn on the team depth chart. Al Nuness, who Tyus refers to as an uncle, was a captain for Minnesota Gophers basketball in the 1960s. [167] Eventually, 24 players tried out for the team and the roster was cut to 15 on June 12. In 2018-2019, Jones earns a base salary of US$2,444,053, while carrying a cap hit of $2,444,053 and a dead cap value of $2 Million as of 2019. [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.
[50] On November 11, Jones and Okafor tweeted simultaneously that they would make simultaneous verbal commitments on November 15 from their local high schools. Jones' 28 assists over 5 games led the U16 team. [111][112][113] On March 9, Jones earned his fourth ACC Freshman of the Week honor after a week that included a new career high with 24 points in the rematch against North Carolina on March 7. [6] Another Minnesotan who is a measuring stick for Jones is Sam Jacobson. [173], Jones was named after Tyus Edney. Basketball. [66][67], Jones won the skills competition at the McDonald's All-American Game on March 31. 19 UNC", "ACCMBB Coaches Tab 2015 All-ACC Freshman Team", "Payne Named Associated Press All-America", "Comeback! He was selected along with fellow Duke commits Okafor and Winslow. [6] His cousin Jared Nuness was 1997 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year and runner-up Minnesota Mr. [161] Nonetheless, Jones ended the season with an NBA-record-setting 6.96 (min 200 assists) single-season assist to turnover ratio.
[50] On November 11, Jones and Okafor tweeted simultaneously that they would make simultaneous verbal commitments on November 15 from their local high schools. Jones' 28 assists over 5 games led the U16 team. [111][112][113] On March 9, Jones earned his fourth ACC Freshman of the Week honor after a week that included a new career high with 24 points in the rematch against North Carolina on March 7. [6] Another Minnesotan who is a measuring stick for Jones is Sam Jacobson. [173], Jones was named after Tyus Edney. Basketball. [66][67], Jones won the skills competition at the McDonald's All-American Game on March 31. 19 UNC", "ACCMBB Coaches Tab 2015 All-ACC Freshman Team", "Payne Named Associated Press All-America", "Comeback! He was selected along with fellow Duke commits Okafor and Winslow. [6] His cousin Jared Nuness was 1997 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year and runner-up Minnesota Mr. [161] Nonetheless, Jones ended the season with an NBA-record-setting 6.96 (min 200 assists) single-season assist to turnover ratio.
[50] On November 11, Jones and Okafor tweeted simultaneously that they would make simultaneous verbal commitments on November 15 from their local high schools. Jones' 28 assists over 5 games led the U16 team. [111][112][113] On March 9, Jones earned his fourth ACC Freshman of the Week honor after a week that included a new career high with 24 points in the rematch against North Carolina on March 7. [6] Another Minnesotan who is a measuring stick for Jones is Sam Jacobson. [173], Jones was named after Tyus Edney. Basketball. [66][67], Jones won the skills competition at the McDonald's All-American Game on March 31. 19 UNC", "ACCMBB Coaches Tab 2015 All-ACC Freshman Team", "Payne Named Associated Press All-America", "Comeback! He was selected along with fellow Duke commits Okafor and Winslow. [6] His cousin Jared Nuness was 1997 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year and runner-up Minnesota Mr. [161] Nonetheless, Jones ended the season with an NBA-record-setting 6.96 (min 200 assists) single-season assist to turnover ratio.
[50] On November 11, Jones and Okafor tweeted simultaneously that they would make simultaneous verbal commitments on November 15 from their local high schools. Jones' 28 assists over 5 games led the U16 team. [111][112][113] On March 9, Jones earned his fourth ACC Freshman of the Week honor after a week that included a new career high with 24 points in the rematch against North Carolina on March 7. [6] Another Minnesotan who is a measuring stick for Jones is Sam Jacobson. [173], Jones was named after Tyus Edney. Basketball. [66][67], Jones won the skills competition at the McDonald's All-American Game on March 31. 19 UNC", "ACCMBB Coaches Tab 2015 All-ACC Freshman Team", "Payne Named Associated Press All-America", "Comeback! He was selected along with fellow Duke commits Okafor and Winslow. [6] His cousin Jared Nuness was 1997 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year and runner-up Minnesota Mr. [161] Nonetheless, Jones ended the season with an NBA-record-setting 6.96 (min 200 assists) single-season assist to turnover ratio.
[50] On November 11, Jones and Okafor tweeted simultaneously that they would make simultaneous verbal commitments on November 15 from their local high schools. Jones' 28 assists over 5 games led the U16 team. [111][112][113] On March 9, Jones earned his fourth ACC Freshman of the Week honor after a week that included a new career high with 24 points in the rematch against North Carolina on March 7. [6] Another Minnesotan who is a measuring stick for Jones is Sam Jacobson. [173], Jones was named after Tyus Edney. Basketball. [66][67], Jones won the skills competition at the McDonald's All-American Game on March 31. 19 UNC", "ACCMBB Coaches Tab 2015 All-ACC Freshman Team", "Payne Named Associated Press All-America", "Comeback! He was selected along with fellow Duke commits Okafor and Winslow. [6] His cousin Jared Nuness was 1997 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year and runner-up Minnesota Mr. [161] Nonetheless, Jones ended the season with an NBA-record-setting 6.96 (min 200 assists) single-season assist to turnover ratio.
[50] On November 11, Jones and Okafor tweeted simultaneously that they would make simultaneous verbal commitments on November 15 from their local high schools. Jones' 28 assists over 5 games led the U16 team. [111][112][113] On March 9, Jones earned his fourth ACC Freshman of the Week honor after a week that included a new career high with 24 points in the rematch against North Carolina on March 7. [6] Another Minnesotan who is a measuring stick for Jones is Sam Jacobson. [173], Jones was named after Tyus Edney. Basketball. [66][67], Jones won the skills competition at the McDonald's All-American Game on March 31. 19 UNC", "ACCMBB Coaches Tab 2015 All-ACC Freshman Team", "Payne Named Associated Press All-America", "Comeback! He was selected along with fellow Duke commits Okafor and Winslow. [6] His cousin Jared Nuness was 1997 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year and runner-up Minnesota Mr. [161] Nonetheless, Jones ended the season with an NBA-record-setting 6.96 (min 200 assists) single-season assist to turnover ratio.
Tyus Jones was named NCAA Tournament MVP after leading the Duke Blue Devils to an NCAA Championship in 2015. Besides, he hasn’t faced any controversies and rumors regarding his personal life and career. A post shared by Tyus Jones (@1tyus) on Nov 1, 2018 at 8:56am PDT. Learn how your comment data is processed. [69][70] On April 12, he posted a 13-point 6-assist 5-steal effort in an 84–73 Team USA Nike Hoops Summit victory over the world team.
[60] That day, in front of Mike Krzyzewski and ESPN2's national audience, Okafor's Whitney Young beat Jones' Apple Valley 80–70. 2013_Tyus Jones, G, Apple Valley and Reid Travis, F, DeLaSalle. [71][72] On April 18 in the Jordan Brand Classic, he posted the only double-double with 10 points, a game-high 12 assists and 7 rebounds. [86], As he entered his freshman season at Duke, he was expected to battle with senior point guard Quinn Cook and junior guard Rasheed Sulaimon for playing time following the graduation of Tyler Thornton. He led Minnesota to four consecutive wins during the tournament to advance to the NBA Summer League's Championship game after losing the opening three games in Las Vegas. [123] On July 7, 2015, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Timberwolves. Tyus Robert Jones Sr. (born May 10, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). I men's coach to reach 1,000 wins", "Notre Dame's Grant, Duke's Jones, FSU's Rathan-Mayes recognized", "Duke outlasts UNC in OT after late regulation rally", "Final ACC Basketball Players of the Week for 2014-15 Announced", "Jones Earns ACC Rookie of the Week Honors", "Tyus Jones' second-half effort helps No. [25], On May 30, Okafor cut his list of schools to eight: Arizona, Baylor, Duke, Illinois, Kentucky, Kansas, Michigan State and Ohio State, which overlapped with Jones in six schools. However, their relationship didn’t last for long and split up due to some misunderstandings between them. At Duke, he was an All-ACC third team and All-ACC Freshman first team selection. [97] On November 14, he debuted with 15 points and 7 assists against Presbyterian. [122] He was selected with the 24th overall pick in the draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, who then traded his draft rights to his hometown team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, in exchange for a 2019 second round draft pick and the draft rights to the 31st and 36th picks in the draft, Cedi Osman and Rakeem Christmas, respectively. According to ESPN, all four were among the top 10 in the national class (Okafor #1, Alexander #3, Jones #4 and Johnson #9). 1 Jahlil Okafor and No. [152] He had been perceived as slow and small previously and his defensive statistics bore that out. Moreover, the couple spent most of their time together and enjoyed their high school love very beautifully. However, in his third year he became an above average defender statistically. She did an internship in the summer of 2015 with IdentiSys in Eden Prairie. His mother, Debbie, also played point guard and led Devils Lake High School to the North Dakota high school championship. [143] Nonetheless he began the season behind Rubio and Kris Dunn on the team depth chart. Al Nuness, who Tyus refers to as an uncle, was a captain for Minnesota Gophers basketball in the 1960s. [167] Eventually, 24 players tried out for the team and the roster was cut to 15 on June 12. In 2018-2019, Jones earns a base salary of US$2,444,053, while carrying a cap hit of $2,444,053 and a dead cap value of $2 Million as of 2019. [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.
[50] On November 11, Jones and Okafor tweeted simultaneously that they would make simultaneous verbal commitments on November 15 from their local high schools. Jones' 28 assists over 5 games led the U16 team. [111][112][113] On March 9, Jones earned his fourth ACC Freshman of the Week honor after a week that included a new career high with 24 points in the rematch against North Carolina on March 7. [6] Another Minnesotan who is a measuring stick for Jones is Sam Jacobson. [173], Jones was named after Tyus Edney. Basketball. [66][67], Jones won the skills competition at the McDonald's All-American Game on March 31. 19 UNC", "ACCMBB Coaches Tab 2015 All-ACC Freshman Team", "Payne Named Associated Press All-America", "Comeback! He was selected along with fellow Duke commits Okafor and Winslow. [6] His cousin Jared Nuness was 1997 Minnesota Gatorade player of the year and runner-up Minnesota Mr. [161] Nonetheless, Jones ended the season with an NBA-record-setting 6.96 (min 200 assists) single-season assist to turnover ratio.
“My heart stopped,” says Jones. [141] On April 13, he closed out the season with a 12-assist effort against the New Orleans Pelicans. [101] For his performance, Jones earned ACC Rookie of the week and Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Week award. 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?
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