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Kam JonesMilwaukee Bucks · #29

Guard · 6'4", 190 lb · Marquette · 1st season

Kam Jones is a guard the San Antonio Spurs selected 38th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Marquette. A young second-round pick — projected role, ratings and outlook.

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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex · Updated Jul 20, 2026

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Milwaukee Bucks · #29 · Guard

Kam Jones

Season avg4.4 pts · 1.6 reb · 3.2 ast · .402 fg

Career avg4.4 pts · 1.6 reb · 3.2 ast · .402 fg

Live win probabilityHeat 71%

Balladex model · projected 122–118 · 99.7 pace

Tonight's projectionmodel

6.8pts

2.6reb

2.7ast

29%win

Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head

Kam Jones

Milwaukee Bucks · Guard

Davion Mitchell

Miami Heat · Strong defender

Category breakout

Head-to-head history

Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.

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Scouting report

Kam Jones — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

Depth guard prospect · Impact 40

Kam Jones is a guard the San Antonio Spurs selected 38th overall (second round) in the 2025 NBA draft out of Marquette. A young second-round pick — pr

Offense

Defense

Feel / IQ

Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Kam Jones stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

44%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Kyrie Irving Dallas Mavericks▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #324 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

40Impact index

76Star score

Career scoring average4.4 ppg

Seasons in the index1

Accolades on file1

#38 2025 Draft pick (R2)

Stat explorer

Kam Jones — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

Scoring

4.4 PPG

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Playmaking

3.2 APG

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Rebounding

1.6 RPG

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Shooting

.293 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Kam Jones

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27 confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Everything it reads

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1 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age — — applied per stat

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: 37 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Kam Jones career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2025-26	37	16.6	4.4	1.6	3.2	.402	.293
Career	37	16.6	4.4	1.6	3.2

Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.

EraLab · the stat time machinenovel

Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.

—raw PPG

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Alijah Martin 100%Bruce Thornton 100%Chaz Lanier 100%Emanuel Sharp 100%Ja'Kobi Gillespie 100%

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Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart

Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.

Role simulatorpowered by GM engine

Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Milwaukee Bucks built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

27–55proj record

#12conf seed

-5.3net rtg

112.6off rtg

117.9def rtg

1%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Myles Turner, Kel'el Ware.

How his role moves

Projected 27–55, 12th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

40 of 99

Role player tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

1 accolades

#38 2025 Draft pick (R2)

Act IV

The Ballad of Kam Jones

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

The beginning

Kam Jones is a 2025 second-round guard for the San Antonio Spurs.

Milwaukee Bucks

Turning pro

Drafted 38th overall, 2025 as a Guard.

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The 38th pick is where teams go looking for a bargain, and in 2025 San Antonio spent it on a guard out of Marquette who arrives with a pass-first instinct the Spurs have prized above scoring for thirty years.

Chapter

In his rookie year the assists nearly kept pace with the points — exactly the balance this city has always loved. In a system where the ball is meant to move, a guard who would rather set the table than eat first is speaking the native language.

Chapter

Second-round picks are supposed to disappear. San Antonio has spent a generation proving that the ones who understand the game rarely do.

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Jones's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

▶ Kam Jones' 21-PT DOUBLE-DOUBLE vs Knicks! | July 17, 2025

Off the court

Measurables ESPN

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 200 lbs
College: Marquette
Experience: 1st Season
Draft: 38th overall, 2025
Born: Marquette
Jersey: #29

Beyond the game

Jones joins the San Antonio Spurs as a 2025 second-round pick out of Marquette.

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The person

A 2025 second-round guard out of Marquette.

Developing

Second round

Marquette

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Kam Jones — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kam Jones, answered.

Where was Kam Jones drafted?

Kam Jones was selected 38th overall (second round) by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2025 NBA draft, out of Marquette.

Does Jones have NBA stats yet?

The identity and draft facts are real; the ratings and outlook are Balladex projections, since he has a limited NBA sample.

Kam Jones career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Kam JonesMilwaukee Bucks · #29

Kam Jones — the report card

Where Kam Jones stands

Kam Jones — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Kam Jones

Kam Jones career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Milwaukee Bucks built to win?

The Ballad of Kam Jones

The beginning

Turning pro

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Chapter

Chapter

Off the court

Kam Jones — frequently asked

Availability & durability

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