Come, let me ask you a question, you are looking for a job, there are two employment opportunities in front of you:
One is an annual salary of 10 million, not much pressure, and more holidays;
the other has an annual salary of only 3.3 million, not to mention the pressure, and often has to work overtime;
What would you choose?
I believe that all migrant workers will choose the first one, and they will not even hesitate, but what about him? Tyus Jones, who was going through this, unexpectedly chose the latter, getting paid less and doing dirtier and more tiring work.
According to team reporter John Gambadoro, free agent Tyus Jones joined the Suns with a base salary of $3.3 million a year, John also said that Jones rejected higher offers from teams such as the Hawks and Grizzlies, it is worth mentioning that Jones's last contract was 2 years and $29 million, with an average salary of nearly 15 million, so the question is, why is Jones willing to accept a lower salary?
It has nothing to do with performance, last season, Jones handed over the most beautiful report card of his career so far, averaging 12 points, 2.7 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.1 steals per game, shooting 48.9%, three-point shooting rate of 41.1%, except for steals, the other 5 statistics have set career records, as a second-round pick, Jones can play such a result, it is not easy.
At the beginning of his career, he was just a marginal player for the Timberwolves, except for the organization, he failed in other aspects, his physical talent was average, his offensive stability was poor, especially his shooting, his three-point shooting rate was only about 30%, and he didn't dare to shoot, as for defense, he was even more of a colander, but as time went by, Jones was also improving a little bit, his finishing ability was slowly improving, and he was no longer afraid of shooting, and since the beginning of the 21-22 season, he has been able to hit at least 1 three-pointer per game.
Last season, Jones was entrusted with the task by the Wizards, all 66 appearances were starters, and his ability was fully demonstrated, although the defense was still criticized, but he did the ultimate in organization and shooting, with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40% for the first time, and a considerable output of 1.6 balls, and most importantly, he averaged less than 30 minutes per game and less than 17% of the use, giving the 9th highest assist in the league, and averaging only 1 turnover per game, which shows that Jones is a guy with very high assist efficiency.
Such a backcourt commander, almost every championship team wants to get, in fact, it is true, before the trade deadline this year, the Wizards' phone calls are about to be blown up, all about buying Jones, but Washington's asking price is too high, so the trade did not happen, offseason, he is still very popular, but unlike other players, Jones does not care about the salary, but asks to be able to start, for the vast majority of championship teams, they are difficult to guarantee this, obviously, the Suns should have made a commitment.
Phoenix has an offensive combination that is the envy of the league, Durant, Beal, Booker, but in the No. 1 position, they lack a brain that can reasonably distribute the ball, which is also one of the reasons why the Suns collapsed in this year's playoffs, so as soon as the free agent market opened, they locked in a new signing-Monte Morris, and now, with Jones, the new season, the Suns can send Jones + Beal + Booker + Durant + Nurkic luxury lineup, and the hope of winning the championship will be greatly improved.