Detroit fills the final roster spot with a former Kings big man
The 2025-26 NBA season is less than a month away, but teams are still making roster changes here and there. When is it The Sacramento Kings have decided to sign center Presus Achiuvu this week, they had to make roster spots cutting second-year forward Isaac Jones. One team’s loss is another team’s gain, and the Pistons jumped in to add the former Kings big man through a compensation claim waivers, according to Shams Charania of ESPN.
The Pistons had one standard roster spot open, opening the way for them to add another big man via waiver claim. Undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft, Jones earned his spot on the Kings’ roster via a two-way contract. Before the end of the first year, the Kings decided to convert his contract to a standard contract.
Jones will give the Pistons additional frontcourt depth. He likely won’t see much playing time as the team has quality depth in their center and forward rotation, but he’s extra insurance in case of any unforeseen injuries.
Jones appeared in 40 games last season for the Kings, averaging just over seven minutes per game. Due to injuries early last season, he was called into action for much of the first two months of the 2024-25 season. He averaged 3.4 points and 1.4 rebounds while shooting 65.1 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from the three-point line and 63.9 percent from the free throw line.
This year, Jones played in four games for the Kings, even starting the second game of the season, but has since fallen out of the rotation. Jones’ path to the NBA was unconventional. He started at the junior college level at Wenatchee Valley College, eventually transferred to a high school in Idaho, and then finished his college career as a senior at Washington State.
Jones spent a good portion of his rookie season developing in the G League with the Stockton Kings.
2025-11-07 02:26:00
