Keeping up with the Joneses: Tre not too much in awe of big bro, Tyus.
San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones drives ahead of Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Spurs point guard Tre Jones received the ball for the first time early in the first quarter Monday, sized up the opposition and immediately became 8 years old again.
The younger of the siblings by nearly four years, Tre Jones — who turned 23 on Sunday — has been following his older brother’s footsteps since birth.Before Tre Jones became a prep star at Apple Valley High School outside of Minneapolis, Tyus was.Tyus ended up with his hometown Minnesota Timberwolves as the No. 24 pick in the 2015 draft. Five years later, Tre was a second-round pick of the Spurs.
“I think being able to go against someone like that, someone I’ve looked up to my whole life — there’s nobody else I’d rather start against,” Tre Jones said. “Almost every time,” Tre Jones said with a laugh. “It was always me running to mom, complaining he didn’t let me win.”With 6:23 remaining, Tre Jones fooled his brother with an up fake, then drove for a baseline floater over Steven Adams that knotted the score at 109.
Monday marked the first time this season a pair of brothers led their respective teams in scoring in the same game.On ExpressNews.com:With the Spurs in town for a pair of games, concluding with Wednesday’s rematch at the FedEx Forum, Memphis became the site of an impromptu Jones family reunion.
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