Exhibition games aren’t ideal stages for Herbert Jones to display what he does best on a basketball floor, especially since defense tends to be frowned upon in them. The New Orleans rookie forward was initially credited with a steal in Friday’s Rising Stars tournament opener, but that theft was later removed in the official statistics.
Jones came off the bench for Team Worthy in its first-round matchup against Team Isiah, a game ultimately won by the latter when Memphis second-year guard Desmond Bane sank two free throws to pull out a 50-49 victory. Under the event’s new format, the first team to 50 points is the winner in a non-timed semifinal game.