Joining the 76ers! NBA Two-Time Champion Dillon Jones Teams Up With James Again

On September 9 Beijing time, the Philadelphia 76ers officially announced that they had signed Dillon Jones. According to related reports, Jones signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the team. Dillon Jones was the 26th overall pick in the first round of the 2024 draft. He won a championship with the Thunder in 2025 and helped the Knicks win a title again in 2026. He has been nicknamed a 'championship lucky charm.'

If Dillon Jones can remain with the 76ers and compete for a championship with the team, he would replicate McCaw's achievement of winning three championships in the first three seasons of his career. An Exhibit 10 contract can be understood as a training camp contract, and if his performance is strong enough, he has a chance to be converted to a two-way contract. Last season, Dillon Jones played for the Knicks on a two-way contract.

Since 2019, only six NBA players have won two championships: Danny Green, Anunoby, KCP, Caruso, Holiday and Dillon Jones. Among them, only Danny Green and Dillon Jones have achieved consecutive championships.

Of course, Dillon Jones' two championship trophies were achieved to some extent through team efforts, while the other players were all important members of their respective championship teams. Dillon Jones was born on October 29, 2001. He is 1.96 meters tall with a 2.11-meter wingspan. He spent four years studying and playing at Weber State University and was already 23 years old when he entered the NBA. In his senior season, he averaged 20.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game.

In the 2024 NBA Draft, the Thunder selected Dillon Jones with the 26th overall pick in the first round. The pick originally belonged to the Clippers and was part of the Paul George trade that year. In his rookie season, Dillon Jones played 54 games for the Thunder, including three starts. He averaged 10.2 minutes per game and recorded 2.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists, while shooting 25.4% from three-point range.

With the arrival of the 2025 offseason, the Thunder traded Dillon Jones and a second-round pick to the Wizards, who then waived him. In January this year, Dillon Jones signed a two-way contract with the Knicks. In seven games for New York, he came off the bench in every appearance, averaging 5.6 minutes, 1.3 points, 1 rebound and 0.6 assists, while shooting only 20% from three-point range.

Do you think the 76ers will continue to keep Dillon Jones?