Damian Jones bids farewell to the NBA and joins Real Madrid on a one-year contract.

August 31st - According to SB Nation, Real Madrid basketball team recently announced that they have reached an agreement with free agent center Damian Jones. The two sides signed a one-year contract .

Jones played eight seasons in the NBA, with his professional career running from 2016 to 2024. The Golden State Warriors selected the center with the 30th overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft. During his time with the Warriors, Jones won two NBA championships, but he never became a consistent rotation player for the team .

In the 2018-19 season, Jones briefly entered the Warriors' starting lineup, but subsequently suffered a torn pectoral muscle, causing him to miss most of the season. Afterward, he began a career playing for multiple teams in the NBA .

Over the next five seasons, Jones played for seven different teams, including three in the 2020-21 season. Early in his career, he primarily relied on finishing at the rim and scoring on alley-oops, but gradually developed some outside shooting ability, occasionally hitting three-pointers .

Throughout his NBA career, Jones played 279 games, averaging 13.6 minutes, 4.9 points, and 3.1 rebounds per game .

After leaving the NBA, Jones spent the past two seasons primarily playing in the Chinese league, with a brief stint with the Puerto Rican Bayamon Cowboys. Now, he has chosen to join European powerhouse Real Madrid, embarking on a new chapter in his professional career .

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