Player Dossier

Kam Jones

IND · 2025-26DevelopmentalMixed coverage

Secondary creator · Transition finisher · Point-of-attack defender

What does Kam Jones actually supply on the floor?

Kam Jones's strongest evidenced functions are passing, creation, interior finishing; the weakest available areas are event creation, rim protection, rebounding. The profile is tied to IND for 2025-26.

Function profile

2025-26 — eleven separate readings on a league scale. They are not additive.

Creation66

Rim pressure46

Shooting*47

Passing69

Screening*—

Interior finish49

Point of attack*—

Switch coverage*—

Rim protection34

Event creation32

Rebounding38

* limited evidence for that function. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. Use the separate function strengths to evaluate role and roster fit; do not treat them as one player-value score. POA or switch conclusions require lineup, matchup, and assignment evidence beyond this profile.

Season by season

Every governed season profile on record.

Season	Team	Role	Evidence	Creation	Rim pressure	Shooting	Passing	Screening	Interior finish	Point of attack	Switch coverage	Rim protection	Event creation	Rebounding
2025-26	IND	Developmental	Mixed coverage	66	46	47	69	—	49	—	—	34	32	38

What teams depended on him for

Seasons where a team's situation report named him a dependency case.

IND · 2025-26Observed replacement lineup exists

IND had a supported lineup path without Kam Jones: [Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, Johnny Furphy] at 2.3 adjusted net points per 100 possessions over 180 possessions. This is an observed option, not proof it is universally better.

rotation 16%loses 8.3% of passing

Replacement evidence

Best observed five without him

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Johnny Furphy

shrunk net 2.3290 over 180 possessions

on floor 1131 possessions · off floor 6064 possessions

Known contract calendar

Governed contract events naming this player — dates carry their honest quality.

IND · 2025-26Contract control horizonJun 30, 2029

Kam Jones has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2029 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. No extension-review trigger is applied yet.

IND · 2025-26Team option decisionDate unavailablereported $2.15M

Kam Jones has a reported team option for the 2027 season at a reported $2,150,917. Team controls the option. The exact decision date is unresolved.

Function scores, roles, dependence records and contract events are separate evidence. No combined player value, trade value or ranking is computed from them, and none of them is a causal impact claim.