When the Detroit Pistons signed Isaac Jones as an emergency backup, it seemed a no-brainer that he would cut before his contract became fully guaranteed, but the deadline came and went, and Jones is still in Detroit.
I assumed the Pistons would waive Jones before the January 10th deadline to avoid paying the bulk of his $1.95 million salary for this season, but contrary to some reporting, that didn’t happen.
There is an obvious reason for this I suppose but it does raise an interesting question about the future of Daniss Jenkins.
The Pistons are beat up and need the depth
Jones has played exactly one minute for the Pistons so far this season, even with all of the injuries to their bigs.