Dillon Jones

Dillon Jones is proof that a basketball career rarely runs in a straight line. A do-everything point-forward at Weber State — nearly a nightly double-double — he was a 2024 first-round pick whose draft rights bounced from New York to Oklahoma City, where he won a title as a rookie in 2025. Then came the whirlwind: traded to Washington that summer, waived before the season, then the No. 1 overall pick in the G League draft before landing with Portland's affiliate. New York brought him back on a two-way in January 2026, and coaches openly credited his OKC-earned scouting intel during the Knicks' championship run. What makes Jones stick isn't scoring — it's rebounding, passing, and defensive versatility from a forward's frame, the connective-tissue work that wins playoff possessions.