Kai Jones

Dallas Mavericks

Birthdate:

1/19/2001 (24)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Rim Protector

Height:

Weight:

Wingspan:

0'0"

Positional Size:

Hometown:

Kai Jones Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Per 36
Plus Minus
G League

Season	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2022	21	3	0.4 - 0.7	64.3	0 - 0.1	50	0.1 - 0.4	37.5	0.5	0.2	0	0.1	0.4	0.3	1
2023	46	11.9	1.5 - 2.6	55.8	0.1 - 0.4	21.1	0.4 - 0.6	73.1	2.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.4	0.7	3.4
2025	40	11.7 ↑	2.2 - 2.7 ↑	79.8 ↑	0 - 0.1 ↓	20.0 ↓	0.6 - 0.8 ↑	71.9 ↑	3.1 ↑	0.6 ↑	0.4 ↑	0.6 ↑	1.3 ↑	0.5 –	5 ↑
Career	106	10	1.5 - 2.2	66.9	0.1 - 0.2	24.0	0.4 - 0.6	68.8	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.2	0.5	3.5

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2022	63	62.8	14.3	57.1						95		-0.1
2023	550	59.7	15.8	21.7	35	0.5	14	0	1.7	35	0.2	-0.3
2025	468	80.4	4.6	29.4	42.9	1.5	18.5	2.9	5.3	13.7	0.36	0.6

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2022	63				-1.8	-0.3	-2				-5.2	-1.4	-6.6
2023	550	-2.3	0.9	-1.4	-2	1	-0.9				-4.8	0.8	-4
2025	468	-1.1 42%	0.3 65%	-0.8 50%	-0.9	-0.4	-1.3	-2.4	0.7	-1.7	1.4	1.5	2.9

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	80.4%	100
SQ	42.9	28
FTr	29.4%	76
3PAr	4.6%	8
ORB	-0.2	54
cTOV	10.3%	20
Load	18.5	15
Creation	1.5	28
Portability	5.3	61
Passer Rating	2.9	27
CraftedOPM	-1.1	41

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.2	81
raDTOV	0.1	63
DRB	0.1	65
Rim Defense	-4.5	75
Rim Frequency	45.8	95
BLKpct	4.8	93
Versatility	13.7	19
rPF	0.9	21
CraftedDPM	0.3	64

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 468 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Neemias Queta	91
2	Jaxson Hayes	90
3	Richaun Holmes	89
4	Charles Bassey	85
5	Drew Eubanks	85
6	Robert Williams III	85
7	Kylor Kelley	84
8	Isaiah Stewart	84
9	Karlo Matković	84
10	Oscar Tshiebwe	84

defense

	Player	Score
1	Dominick Barlow	88
2	Kobe Bufkin	88
3	Daniel Theis	87
4	Isaiah Jackson	87
5	Moussa Diabaté	87
6	Orlando Robinson	86
7	Taylor Hendricks	86
8	Oso Ighodaro	86
9	Tony Bradley	85
10	Karlo Matković	85

overall

	Player	Score
1	Jaxson Hayes	87
2	Neemias Queta	87
3	Charles Bassey	86
4	Daniel Theis	86
5	Karlo Matković	86
6	Moussa Diabaté	86
7	Drew Eubanks	85
8	Richaun Holmes	85
9	Oso Ighodaro	85
10	Goga Bitadze	84

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.