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Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - burger - 12-02-2025
Due to a rash of injuries on the Nuggets, Spencer Jones has been starting for them for the last 5 games. The initial results weren't great: 1 point against the Kings, then 0 points against Memphis. Not too surprising because Spencer has mostly been used as a defensive specialist.
But a flip must have switched after that. Spencer scored 9 against the Spurs and then 16 against Phoenix (both career highs iirc).
Then last night against Dallas, he went off: 28 points on 15 just shots, 11-15 from the field and 4-6 from three.
Spencer is still on a two-way contract, meaning that he can only be active for 50 games. I won't be surprised if he gets converted to a real contract before the end of the season.
EDIT: Highlight video from last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiZy4B59m5g
RE: Spencer Jones: NBA starter - newguy - 12-02-2025
way to go Spencer!
RE: Spencer Jones: NBA starter - BobK - 12-04-2025
Reynaud 25 points for the Kings last night
RE: Spencer Jones: NBA starter - TrumpCard - 12-22-2025
Reynaud is in the top 10 on the Kia Rookie ladder:
https://www.nba.com/news/kia-rookie-ladder-dec-17-2025
Jones on ESPN's recent list of value contracts in the NBA:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47363078/nba-all-value-team-pat-cam-spencer-nembhard-bobby-marks-roster
RE: Spencer Jones: NBA starter - burger - 12-22-2025
(12-22-2025, 02:54 PM)TrumpCard Wrote: Reynaud is in the top 10 on the Kia Rookie ladder:
https://www.nba.com/news/kia-rookie-ladder-dec-17-2025
Jones on ESPN's recent list of value contracts in the NBA:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47363078/nba-all-value-team-pat-cam-spencer-nembhard-bobby-marks-roster
Jones is almost certainly getting converted to a real contract when he hits 50 games. The Nuggets save money by keeping him on a two-way until then.
RE: Spencer Jones: NBA starter - GK3 - 12-22-2025
(12-22-2025, 04:42 PM)burger Wrote:I hope he holds them up at gun point. Love it when a Stanford Guy like Spencer does well and gets paid.(12-22-2025, 02:54 PM)TrumpCard Wrote: Reynaud is in the top 10 on the Kia Rookie ladder:
https://www.nba.com/news/kia-rookie-ladder-dec-17-2025
Jones on ESPN's recent list of value contracts in the NBA:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47363078/nba-all-value-team-pat-cam-spencer-nembhard-bobby-marks-roster
Jones is almost certainly getting converted to a real contract when he hits 50 games. The Nuggets save money by keeping him on a two-way until then.
RE: Spencer Jones: NBA starter - JJJ - 12-22-2025
Spencer is definitely one of the Stanford alumni we can all be proud of. Best wishes for his continued success, earned by putting in the hard work. (He’s a great follow on LinkedIn.)
RE: Spencer Jones: NBA starter - fullmetal - 12-23-2025
We should add Raynaud's name to the thread title. Starting Dec. 8th vs. IND, Raynaud has essentially replaced Drew Eubanks in the Kings starting lineup. Over his last three games (two of which went to overtime), he's averaged 35 min a game and 15 FG attempts. Double-doubles in all of his last three games (avg 19pts/12reb), all three with FG% above 50%. Things are looking up for him.
RE: Spencer Jones: NBA starter - burger - 12-23-2025
(12-23-2025, 02:50 AM)fullmetal Wrote: We should add Raynaud's name to the thread title. Starting Dec. 8th vs. IND, Raynaud has essentially replaced Drew Eubanks in the Kings starting lineup. Over his last three games (two of which went to overtime), he's averaged 35 min a game and 15 FG attempts. Double-doubles in all of his last three games (avg 19pts/12reb), all three with FG% above 50%. Things are looking up for him.
Done. IIRC, when I first posted Maxime was third string in Sac and barely playing.
Color me unsurprised that Maxime is doing well. By his senior year, his offensive game was excellent, and he has the size and hops to compete in the NBA.
But he's going to need to be a better defender than he was at Stanford if he's going to be a legit starter in the NBA. I always thought he was a little soft against physical centers. That's something I'm sure his coaches are working on with him.
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - fullmetal - 12-23-2025
Yeah, he's had some pretty unflattering double-digit +/- ratings up until very recently. Against the Rockets, he was +3, which is the only positive value in his last five games. I think part of it is playing that elevated defense required of him as a starter.
The Kings are down about 15pts to the Pistons right now with about four min left in the 3Q. Raynaud has the only positive +/- on the team (+2) with 18 min played so far.
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - Nobadeer - 01-09-2026
Jones played 43 minutes earlier this week in the Nuggets overtime win at Phila. DNP tonight due to hurt ankle and illness. He's shooting 41.6 % on threes for the season, 32 of 77.
Raynaud had 8 pts and 7 reb and 2 blk for the hapless Kings at Chase Center. They lost to GSW 137-103 and are 8-30, second worst in the NBA. He started and played 26 minutes and found himself guarding everyone from Q Post to Draymond to Podz to Steph Curry himself! His two blocks were of Curry and Draymond so he can tell his grandkids about that some day. By my count he had 6 double-doubles in December! He has 15 total blocks this season and is shooting 31.8 % (7 for 22) on threes.
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - Mick - 01-09-2026
(01-09-2026, 10:37 PM)Nobadeer Wrote: Jones played 43 minutes earlier this week in the Nuggets overtime win at Phila. DNP tonight due to hurt ankle and illness. He's shooting 41.6 % on threes for the season, 32 of 77.
Raynaud had 8 pts and 7 reb and 2 blk for the hapless Kings at Chase Center. They lost to GSW 137-103 and are 8-30, second worst in the NBA. He started and played 26 minutes and found himself guarding everyone from Q Post to Draymond to Podz to Steph Curry himself! His two blocks were of Curry and Draymond so he can tell his grandkids about that some day. By my count he had 6 double-doubles in December! He has 15 total blocks this season and is shooting 31.8 % (7 for 22) on threes.
I think Sacto is the oldest or second oldest team in the NBA. Westbrook (37), DeRozan (36), McDermott (34), Schroder (32), LaVine (30). Old...
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - fullmetal - 01-10-2026
Oh, I thought you meant they were the oldest NBA franchise, which they are (lol).
Quote:The Sacramento Kings are the oldest NBA franchise, founded in 1923 as the Rochester Seagrams...
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - Treebound - 01-10-2026
Spencer Jones has been making some fantastic posts on LinkedIn - not your ordinary NBA channel. He's truly a class act and is constantly challenging himself to be better. I'm glad to see that he's doing well in the NBA and finding his role. He's a hgh IQ player that is putting in the hard work. The post below is well worth the read imho:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/skj21_every-stage-of-my-basketball-career-has-asked-activity-7409608825588121601-9kna?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABC0SIBUD5K1Uny8VUWwqwpkkSCX1UpCoM
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - burger - 02-06-2026
Spencer is being converted to a regular (not two-way) NBA contract: https://www.si.com/nba/nuggets/onsi/news/denver-nuggets-make-roster-decision-with-spencer-jones
It looks like it's a 2-year deal (rest of this season and all of next) for $2.4M total. Not bad for an undrafted guy!
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - fullmetal - 02-06-2026
Crossposting myself from the NBA discussion thread:
Quote:Meanwhile, it looks like Maxime has hit a slump with the Kings. He's been out of the starting lineup since 1/25, replaced by Domantis Sabonis, who has been on and off this season with injuries. Maybe Sabonis has turned the corner on his health and is a more reliable starter now. The Kings also recently signed fellow rookie center Dylan Cardwell to a four-year contract. Cardwell is an amazing rebounder and shot blocker but not as offensively productive as Maxime, though right now I'm not sure Maxime is currently offensively productive either.
Also, the Kings continue to be the Kings. The Athletic published a ditty on how their trade with the Cavs "shows a lack of foresight and direction." Hard to argue with the details.
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - Nobadeer - 02-14-2026
Mitch Johnson is coaching the "USA Stripes" team (LeBron, Durant, Kawhi Leonard et al.) in tomorrow's NBA all star game! He has coached San Antonio to the third best record in the league so far. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have Wemby on the roster.
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - TrumpCard - 02-18-2026
(02-06-2026, 03:46 PM)burger Wrote: Spencer is being converted to a regular (not two-way) NBA contract: https://www.si.com/nba/nuggets/onsi/news/denver-nuggets-make-roster-decision-with-spencer-jones
It looks like it's a 2-year deal (rest of this season and all of next) for $2.4M total. Not bad for an undrafted guy!
I didn't realize this, but there are a number of NBA players who have LinkedIn pages that feature business ventures as much as NBA experience. Steph Curry and Kevin Durant are among them. I approve (not that they care!). And, like you said, good to see a Stanford alumnus doing us proud.
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - FarmTeam - 02-20-2026
In addition to being genuinely happy for Jones and Raynaud, both of whom I have followed closely in the NBA, I can't help but be reminded of how incompetent Muir and Haase were. Haase for his terrible coaching, and Muir for his bumbling leadership in extending Haase time after time when it was clear to everyone else that Haase couldn't coach his way out of a paper bag. Speaking of which, not exactly shocked that Haase isn't coaching anywhere now as far as I know.
Why is my griping relevant to this thread? Because those idiots cost Jones and Raynaud a ton of money. Especially Jones. Spencer's size, tenacious D and 3-point shooting stroke were obvious from the beginning, but while he had a green light to shoot 3s I don't think he had a single one that didn't have a defender draped all over him. Ok, that's obviously an exaggeration but you get the idea. I complained for years that Haase's offense didn't ever set screens to give Spencer open looks.
TLDR: I don't think Spencer going undrafted was a Stanford issue, it was a Haase issue.
Yes, as others have said, Jones' LinkedIn is great.
RE: Spencer Jones and Maxime Raynaud: NBA starters - burger - 03-04-2026
Since the Kings lost Domantas Sabonis for the season a few weeks ago, Raynaud has been starting full-time and putting up solid numbers. 22-10 last night, and he has double-doubles in six of his last nine games. For the season he's shooting 57% from the floor, which ESPN says is 12th best in the entire NBA.
A seven footer who can shoot like that can have a long career in the NBA.