Kam Jones Selected 38th Overall In NBA Draft

Senior guard Kam Jones (Memphis, TN/Evangelical Christian School) of the Marquette University men’s basketball program was selected 38^th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Thursday night.

San Antonio traded the rights to the 38^th pick to the Pacers on Wednesday, so Jones will be joining Indiana, which advanced to the NBA Finals earlier this month. Jones and the Golden Eagles played at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Pacers, in the 2024 NCAA tournament, winning a pair of games to advance to the Sweet 16.

MU has had 60 players previously selected in the NBA Draft, beginning with Gene Berce (New York) in 1948. Marquette has had at least one player selected in the draft in each of the last three seasons. Olivier-Maxence Prosper was selected 24^th overall in 2023 by Sacramento but was traded that night to Dallas. In 2024, Tyler Kolek (New York) and Oso Ighodaro (Phoenix) were picked 34^th and 40^th, respectively.

Jones was a Consensus Second Team All-America honoree and unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection as a senior in 2024-25. He averaged 19.2 points per outing and his 5.9 assists per game ranked among the national leaders. He was a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award (nation’s top point guard) in his first season playing the position and finished second all-time at Marquette in scoring (2,044 points).

Jones joins former Marquette players Jimmy Butler (Golden State), Jamal Cain (New Orleans), Jae Crowder (Sacramento), Oso Ighodaro (Phoenix), Tyler Kolek (New York) and Olivier-Maxence Prosper (Dallas) currently active in the NBA ranks. Doc Rivers, head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, is also a Marquette alum.

Jones’ Career Honors

2024-25

• Consensus Second Team All-America honoree (AP, Sporting News, NABC, USBWA)
• Unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection
• Named to BIG EAST All-Tournament team after averaging 26.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in two games
• NABC Great Lakes District First Team selection
• Selected as one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, presented to nation’s top point guard
• Lute Olson Award (national player of the year) finalist
• Selected to Oscar Robertson Award Midseason Watch List
• Named to 2024-25 John R. Wooden Award All-America Team
• Semifinalist for Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year (10 semifinalists)
• Became 51st player in school history with 1,000 career points and finished second all-time at Marquette (2,044), just the second player (Markus Howard) in team history to score more than 2,000 points
• Reached double figures in points in 50-straight games to conclude career dating back to Feb. 3, 2024 at Georgetown
• Named BIG EAST Player of the Week (11/18/24, 11/25/24, 1/27/25), six times in career
• Claimed Associated Press Player of the Week accolades (11/26/24)

2023-24

• BIG EAST Player of the Week (11/13/23, 2/26/24)
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2022-23

• All-BIG EAST Second Team
• NABC All-District 5 Second Team
• BIG EAST Conference All-Tournament Team
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (11/28, 12/5)
• BIG EAST Player of the Week (1/23)
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2021-22

• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• BIG EAST All-Freshman Team

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