Team: Milwaukee Bucks · Position: PG/SG · Contract: two-way · Age entering season: 24
Conditional projection
| GP | Active-game MPG | PTS | 3PM | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% (FGA) | FT% (FTA) | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | .430 (3.0) | .800 (0.5) | 0.4 |
- All rank bands: 300+. Active-game MPG is excluded from the healthy 240-minute base.
Fantasy case
Jones appeared in 37 games for Indiana in 2025-26 at 16.6 minutes per game; Milwaukee's official player page lists the prior season and his July 4, 2026 two-way signing. Public stat summaries put him around 4.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 3.2 assists. The assist rate is the fantasy hook.
Ryan Rollins, Tyler Herro, Kevin Porter Jr, and Kasparas Jakučionis all stand between Jones and NBA ball-handling. Low/base: G League organizer. High: several injuries create a short call-up window with deep-league assist streaming.
Confidence
Roster high as two-way · Minutes low · Rates low-medium · Availability medium-high.
Sources
- Bucks/NBA Kam Jones player page — accessed 2026-07-18; two-way signing and 2025-26 appearance baseline.
- NBA Milwaukee Summer League roster — accessed 2026-07-18; July development roster.
- RealGM Milwaukee roster — accessed 2026-07-18; current two-way status and guard competition.
Learning notes
Jones is relevant only when activation and ball-handling coincide. An NBA appearance without point-guard reps is not enough to justify a fantasy add.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Marquette, four seasons (2021-22 to 2024-25), 2,044 career points — No. 2 scorer in program history behind Markus Howard. Senior year 2024-25 (all career highs): 19.2 PTS, 4.5 REB, 5.9 AST, 1.4 STL; All-American-level season after converting from off-guard to lead guard. Draft: 2025, Round 2, Pick 38 — selected by San Antonio, rights traded to Indiana.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 23 | IND | 37 | 16.6 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | .402 | .500 | 1.0 |
| Career | — | — | 37 | 16.6 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | .402 | .500 | 1.0 |
(FT% is a near-empty sample — roughly one attempt every ten games.)
Durability: A lower-back stress reaction cost him the early part of his rookie season; 37 appearances once available. The Marquette record was clean.
Trajectory: The one NBA season shows the assist skill is real (3.2 APG in 16.6 minutes, three double-digit-assist games) and the scoring did not translate (.402 FG%, almost no free throws). Indiana let him go despite a four-year contract; Milwaukee's July 4, 2026 two-way signing makes him a G League organizer behind four NBA ballhandlers. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if multiple Bucks guard injuries coincide with a call-up that includes actual point-guard reps — at which point he is an assists-only deep-league stream.
Career sources: StatMuse 2025-26 season averages · Marquette athletics, draft release · G League, Bucks two-way signing · SI Pacers, rookie-season recap
Open questions
- Which G League role does Milwaukee assign him?
- Can he defend well enough to earn NBA minutes beside a scorer?
- Does a midseason standard conversion become possible?