<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Los-Angeles-Lakers-Damian-Jones-Anthony-Davis-.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers hoping Damian Jones solves their Anthony Davis problem</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-10T09:28:16-08:00">March 10th, 9:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-10T09:28:49-08:00">March 10th, 9:28am</time><address><a>Galen Donnelly</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Lakers are clearly hoping Damian Jones solves some of their Anthony Davis problem. A report coming from ESPN’s main NBA reporting guru states that the center has inked yet another 10-day deal with the famed Purple and Gold.</p><p>The proof, my friends, <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1369696951785168902" rel="noopener">is in the tweet:</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Lakers intend to sign center Damian Jones to a second 10-day contract on Thursday, sources tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1369696951785168902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 10, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>As Woj mentions, this is actually the second 10-day Damian Jones has signed with the Lakers. All of this, of course, is due to the fact that LeBron James and company need someone — even if a rotating grouping of people — to fill the hole left by Anthony Davis being out with injury.</p><p>A Vanderbilt talent who went No. 30 overall in the 2016 NBA Draft, he’s seen limited time during his first 10-day deal with the Lakers. That being said, Jones is a good rotational value, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/damian-jones/9e7108b9/stats" rel="noopener">as he’s a career</a> 66 percent shooter from the floor, and he’s career per-36 minutes rebound tallies is set at 7.8 rebounds per game. He’s also (cough) a two-time NBA champion.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/los-angeles-lakers/injuries" rel="noopener">The Lakers facing injuries</a>, then having to deal with them, is nothing new, even if it involves Anthony Davis. Every team in the league is forced to make such adjustments. The good news for Damian Jones, though, is that he’s now on his second 10-day deal with a team contending for a trip to the NBA Finals. If he continues to earn time on the floor, and possibly a rest of the season contract, it’ll boost his value in the offseason.</p><p>Nonetheless, no one is actually expecting Damian Jones to literally replace Anthony Davis for the Lakers. It is simply a bit of a platoon approach, while adding depth, that could potentially help Los Angeles as the season gets longer in the tooth. If it doesn’t work out, the franchise can simply not re-up the center when his second 10-day deal is done.</p><p>No risk. All reward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers hoping Damian Jones solves their Anthony Davis problem

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DeAndre-Ayton-Damian-Jones-Suns.png"></figure><h1>Suns add depth behind Deandre Ayton with Damian Jones deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-22T11:09:27-08:00">November 22nd, 11:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-22T11:09:27-08:00">November 22nd, 11:09am</time><address><a>Immanuel Canicosa</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns continue to make moves in the offseason, this time improving their frontcourt by adding another free agent. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that free agent center Damian Jones has agreed to a two-year deal to join the Suns after spending last season with the Atlanta Hawks.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Free agent C Damian Jones has agreed to a two-year deal with the Phoenix Suns, sources tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1330577043055063045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 22, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Jones, a former <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/damian-jones-1.html">Vanderbilt product</a>, joins big man Deandre Ayton in the frontcourt of a Suns team that is looking to return to the playoffs after a decade. Phoenix improved its front court with the addition of forward Jae Crowder from the Miami Heat, who the team signed to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-jae-crowder-agrees-to-3-year-deal-with-phoenix/">three-year that is worth almost $30 million</a>, and the addition of power forward Jalen Smith, who the team selected with the 10th overall pick out of Maryland in the 2020 NBA Draft.</p><p>Now, the addition of Damian Jones gives head coach Monty Williams a backup big man to Deandre Ayton, the first overall pick of the 2018 Draft. In his lone season in Atlanta, Jones played 55 games and started 27 games for the Hawks, averaging 5.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in 16.1 minutes while shooting 68% from the field.</p><p>The 25-year old Damian Jones, who was drafted by the Warriors in the first round with the 30th overall pick in the 2016 Draft, played three seasons in the Bay Area, winning two championships in 2017 and 2018, before joining the Hawks last season.</p><p>Now with the Suns, he will play next to Ayton and could see himself returning to the playoffs with the Suns pairing All-Star Chris Paul, acquired in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder, with their own All-Star in Devin Booker.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns add depth behind Deandre Ayton with Damian Jones deal

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2020-21 SEASON STATS
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2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
1.6	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.1