It only took two full years.
Now entering his third season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Perry Jones III will finally get a chance to prove his NBA worth.
He has been unable to while stuck behind Kevin Durant, who's missed a total of two regular season games since Jones joined the team. But now Durant is expected to be out the first 6-8 weeks of the season, and the Thunder have nobody else to really turn to.
I'm sure Jones would have liked if his opportunity came under different circumstances, but after being sent down to the D-League nine times as a rookie and having only received 12.3 minutes a game last year, you take these opportunities however you can get them.
“I got to step up to the challenge,” Jones told Darnell Mayberry of the The Oklahoman. “That’s a big spot to fill. So I need to step up to the challenge and just take it on head on.”
With Durant out and Andre Roberson at the 2, the Thunder are looking at Serge Ibaka, Anthony Morrow, Grant Jerrett, Lance Thomas and Nick Collison as the only options at the 3 and 4 spots. Not on ...
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Perry Jones III Has to Seize Golden Opportunity with Oklahoma City Thunder
October 28th, 2014 by Jonathan Wasserman Leave a reply »
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