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	399	80.5	4.6	32.2	45.8	1.4	17.7	3.2	5.5	13.7	0.32	0.5

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	399	-1.1 38%	0.3 66%	-0.8 50%	-0.9	-0.4	-1.3	-2.6	0.8	-1.9	1.1	1.5	2.6

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	80.5%	100
SQ	45.8	33
FTr	32.2%	83
3PAr	4.6%	9
ORB	-0.2	54
cTOV	9.6%	30
Load	17.7	13
Creation	1.4	24
Portability	5.5	63
Passer Rating	3.2	32
CraftedOPM	-1.1	40

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.2	82
raDTOV	0.1	62
DRB	0.1	62
Rim Defense	-4.5	76
Rim Frequency	45.8	96
BLKpct	4.8	93
Versatility	13.7	17
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 399 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Richaun Holmes	91
2	Jaxson Hayes	88
3	Neemias Queta	88
4	Daniel Theis	84
5	Drew Eubanks	84
6	Isaiah Stewart	84
7	Jarrett Allen	84
8	Charles Bassey	83
9	Karlo Matković	83
10	Oscar Tshiebwe	83

defense

	Player	Score
1	Dominick Barlow	89
2	Kobe Bufkin	89
3	Daniel Theis	87
4	Moussa Diabaté	87
5	Taylor Hendricks	87
6	Isaiah Jackson	86
7	Orlando Robinson	86
8	Mouhamed Gueye	85
9	Paul Reed	85
10	Oso Ighodaro	85

overall

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