{"id":56049,"date":"2025-07-11T05:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T05:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/56049\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T05:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T05:39:12","slug":"herb-jones-to-sign-68-million-extension-with-new-orleans-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/56049\/","title":{"rendered":"Herb Jones to sign $68 million extension with New Orleans Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KNXGUTVQGZDXZCEPLLEIA4ZPE4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/topic\/Herb%20Jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/topic\/Herb%20Jones\/\">Herb Jones<\/a> missed 62 games during the 2024-25 NBA season, but that didn\u2019t dim the New Orleans Pelicans\u2019 interest in the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/alabamabasketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/alabamabasketball\/\">Alabama<\/a> standout\u2019s future with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"J3SHTXJG7FGPTLIAYOBAGBV5SU\">Jones and the Pelicans have agreed on a three-year, $68 million contract extension that could keep the forward with New Orleans through the 2029-30 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1943456939855482996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1943456939855482996\">ESPN reported<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"P5AX3OK3SVDRHJQM5RNBDWKS4E\">Jones is halfway through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/74142\/herb-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/74142\/herb-jones\">four-year, $53.828 million contract <\/a>signed after his second NBA season. The new deal will extend that contract, closing with a player-option season in 2029-30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3N4Q6DLWEZBLPA6CX7WFGGSDIA\">Jones played in only 20 games last season, making his final appearance on Jan. 8, before a torn labrum that required surgery took him off the court. Jones averaged 10.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.9 steals in the 2024-25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JCPL3TUPCBCP7FCHDOCYO6ATFI\">Through four NBA seasons, Jones has averaged 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.6 steals in 240 regular-season games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"62BNJBG7FVCI7C7T7S6BJOZB3Q\">Jones finished sixth in the voting for the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 2021-22 season and fifth in the voting for the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award for the 2023-24 season, when he made the NBA\u2019s All-Defensive team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KMMKFFKVOJBUZFPLL7RNSABDZQ\">Jones won the Alabama Sports Writers Association\u2019s Class 4A Player of the Year Award for the 2016-17 season when he led Hale County to the AHSAA championship. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RCJ3FMFURJEK7L32LCQECTJF3U\">After Hale County, Jones played four seasons at Alabama. He concluded his college career with the Crimson Tide as the SEC Player of the Year and the SEC Defensive Player of the Year for the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"56ASEVLG2BAKZB3DN7N7ROME5Y\">Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMarkG1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AMarkG1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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