After a five-year college career, Jones went undrafted in 2024 and ended up signing a two-way contract with the Kings. He didn't get a ton of playing time, but showed enough in his limited NBA minutes and in the G-League to get a standard NBA contract near the end of the '24-'25 season. Jones has a strong frame that allows him to play as a combo big, despite being only about 6'8". The Kings even sometimes played him at center in small lineups. Isaac scored over 21 points per game in the G-League as a rookie on good efficiency, and that efficiency continued in his NBA minutes as he shot 75% at the rim and 54% from floater range, according to Cleaning the Glass. He can attack off the catch and power through smaller defenders to finish inside. He's not a reliable outside shooter yet though, so if teams know to close out short to him, it makes it harder for him to take advantage. Jones can move pretty well laterally, and with his strength he has the upside to defend a wide range of NBA players. He can get blocks now and then but will likely never be a great rim protector due to his size. Jones will already be nearly 26 years old as a potential free agent in 2025, so he's super old for someone finishing their rookie year, which limits his upside and development potential, but we have seen guys his age get better as they get more NBA experience.

Jones has a $2 million team option for '25-'26, and if that is declined he will be a restricted free agent with a $2.2 million cap hold and Qualifying Offer, and the Kings will have his Non-Bird rights. There's also a chance that the Kings do not give Jones a QO, which would make him an unrestricted free agent. If the Kings re-sign Jones using the Non-Bird Exception, they could offer him a starting salary of up to 120% of his minimum salary, which should be more than enough to retain him. If it weren't, and they wanted to retain him, they would simply exercise his option anyway. Since Jones will only have one year of service, he will be subject to the Gilbert Arenas provision if he is given a QO. This means that any offer sheet he signs with a team besides Sacramento can have a starting maximum salary of $14.1 million, but the third and potentially fourth years of that contract can have a large jump (up to the max). His cap hit would then be the average salary over the life of the contract. Since the Kings would only have his Non-Bird Rights, they would not be able to match an offer sheet above the amount they can give him using the Non-Bird Exception. I do not expect the Arenas provision to come into play for Jones, as I think any offers for him would fit within the full Non-Taxpayer MLE over the length of the contract. It's most likely that he's an unrestricted free agent with only minimum offers, and he may not even get fully-guaranteed offers.