The Denver Nuggets made a move on forward Spencer Jones just before NBA action resumed following the All-Star break.
The Nuggets needed enough players to meet the minimum player requirement on the roster, so the decision was made to convert Jones' two-way deal into a standard contract for the remainder of the 2025–26 NBA season, as ClutchPoints' Brett Siegel reports.
"The Nuggets are converting two-way forward Spencer Jones to a standard contract," Siegel, formerly of the Ax, wrote in a social media post on Twitter.
It's also worth noting that the 24-year-old Jones had already exceeded his limit of 50 games for a two-way player in the league.
Now that he is already guaranteed a roster spot for the remainder of the campaign, he simply needs to recover from his injury to return to active status. The former Stanford Cardinal player missed the Nuggets' final three games before the break, although Denver managed to win two of those contests, including a 122–116 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on February 11.
Signed by the Nuggets to a two-way deal as an undrafted contract through 2024, Jones has averaged 6.0 points and 3.1 rebounds through 46 games this season. He has been quite dangerous from behind the 3-point line, where he is hitting downshots at a 41.1 percent success rate on 2.5 attempts from deep outings.
The Nuggets begin a three-game road trip after the break this Thursday when they face the Los Angeles Clippers at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, with Jones expected to be in the lineup.
