Burst the peak Jojan shark! Revealing the Hornets' 22-year-old megalomaniac: where does the confidence of averaging 3+2 comes from
On September 15, Beijing time, the 22-year-old Hornets player Kay Jones was on fire, and he made wild remarks on social media. He first boasted that he was better than teammates Three-Ball and Miller, then confident that he could beat James 100% single-handedly, bursting the peak O'Neal and Jordan, and said that he was tougher than Curry in high school. Jones also posted a picture of him sitting in the clouds, next to MVP and DPOY trophies.
Many fans think that Kay Jones is crazy and crazy talk, after all, his statistics last season were only 3.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. Jones himself doesn't think so, saying: "That's all in the past, and the new version of me will be MVP and DPOY!" ”
What capital does Jones have to be arrogant?
Born in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, in 2001, Kay Jones immigrated to the United States at the age of 11 and is a post-00s player, 2.11 meters tall, weighing 100 kilograms, playing as a power forward and center. Before graduating from high school, he returned to the Bahamas to pursue a career as a long jumper. At the age of 15, Jones began playing official basketball games and was attracted to the sport.
In the summer of 2017, Jones attended the NBA's No Borders event in Nassau, where he trained with Ayton and was eventually inspired to travel to the United States to play. In high school, Jones woke up at 4:45 a.m. to practice and soaked on the basketball court after school. At the same time, his studies did not fall behind, becoming an excellent graduate with an average of 4.2.
In October 2018, Jones joined the University of Texas with invitations from prestigious universities in Arizona, Kansas and Oregon. University of Texas coach Smart said Jones is the most professional ethic among the big players he has coached, and in his freshman year, he was named the Sixth Man of the Year in the Big 12 Division, averaging 8.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in his sophomore year, and then officially participated in the 2021 draft. Looking back at Jones' college career, he averaged 6.2 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block per game, and played only 14 starts in 53 games.
In the 2021 draft, Jones was selected by the Knicks with the 19th pick in the first round and then traded to the Hornets.
I have to say that from contact with basketball to entering the NBA, Jones has not shown human talent and ability, and his recent remarks are more like bottomless bragging.
Is it time for Wasp to break up with him?
Kay Jones' crazy rhetoric doesn't stop there. Previously, when he exchanged blows with fans, he also belittled his two teammates (Richards and Mark Williams), making it clear that he was better than both. The live broadcast was also crazy, making fans wonder if he was on drugs. What's even more hilarious is that Jones boasted that his shooting became strong, but during live shooting practice, he missed three consecutive shots in his backyard.
He has played 57 games in the NBA, with a career-high score of just 12 points, a maximum rebound of 14, a maximum block of three, and a high of two steals and assists. Fans really wonder, where is the capital of this brother's bragging?
Hornets reporter James Mastrucci said it was time for the team to part ways with Jones. "The team didn't have time to listen to this nonsense... For the team, it was an act of vandalism. The Hornets need to recover from a disappointing 2022-23 season, and it's hard to imagine Jones returning to this team without his teammates being hostile to him. ”
Mastrucci thinks the Hornets should take action to remove Jones from the roster and execute if the team is willing to accept him, even if it comes to eating some salary or catching a second-round pick. Jones, who has no bright spots in his skills and emotional intelligence, will hardly let the Hornets see a bright future.