G League Draft: South Bay Lakers select former Thunder player Dillon Jones with No. 1 overall pick

6686 Sports News on October 26 In today’s G League draft, the South Bay Lakers selected former Thunder player Dillon Jones with the No. 1 pick.

Dillon Jones was selected with the 26th overall pick in the first round of last year's NBA draft. He played 54 games with the Thunder last season, averaging 2.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 38.3% and a three-point shooting percentage of 25%. During the playoffs, Dillon Jones also played in 10 games, averaging 2.3 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 81.8%.

While playing for the Oklahoma City Blue Team in the G League last season, Dillon Jones played in 24 games, averaging 13.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game, shooting 42% from the field and 29% from the three-point range.

It is worth mentioning that the Thunder spent five second-round picks last year to acquire Dillon Jones with the No. 26 pick. In this offseason, the Thunder packaged Dillon Jones with a second-round pick and sent it to the Wizards in exchange for Colby Jones. The Wizards then waived Dillon Jones. The Thunder spent a total of 6 second-round picks on Dillon Jones.