Actual Madrid has signed middle Damian Jones via the tip of the 2026-27 season, the Spanish membership introduced Friday. The 31-year-old arrives after profitable the Puerto Rican league championship with Vaqueros de Bayamon.
Jones brings eight seasons of NBA expertise to Madrid after showing for the Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz and Cleveland Cavaliers. He received two NBA championships with Golden State in 2017 and 2018.
The 7-footer performed 279 NBA regular-season video games, together with 75 begins, in response to the obtainable statistical document. He averaged 4.9 factors, 3.1 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 13.6 minutes per recreation whereas taking pictures 65.6% from the sphere.
Jones’ largest NBA function got here with Sacramento in 2021-22, when he appeared in 56 video games and averaged 8.1 factors and 4.4 rebounds in 18.2 minutes. He transformed 65.8% of his field-goal makes an attempt that season.
His earlier NBA marketing campaign got here with Cleveland in 2023-24, when he performed 39 video games and averaged 2.7 factors and 1.6 rebounds in 6.9 minutes. Jones then continued his profession exterior the NBA earlier than becoming a member of Bayamon and profitable the Puerto Rican championship.
The signing offers Actual Madrid one other skilled possibility at middle after the departures of Alex Len and Bruno Fernando from the 2025-26 EuroLeague frontcourt. Edy Tavares stays the membership’s established inside presence after averaging 9.6 factors, 6.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 39 EuroLeague video games final season.
Jones’ profile differs from that of Tavares however provides one other conventional middle able to ending effectively across the basket. Throughout his NBA profession, he shot no less than 64.0% from the sphere in 5 completely different seasons, together with 71.6% with Golden State in 2018-19 and 71.4% throughout his 19-game stint with Utah in 2022-23.
Actual Madrid completed third within the 2025-26 EuroLeague common season with a 24-14 document earlier than reaching the championship recreation. Madrid defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-1 in the playoff series and beat Valencia 105-90 in the Final Four semifinals earlier than losing 92-85 to Olympiacos in the final.
Jones is the newest addition to a roster that has undergone vital modifications following the departure of a number of established gamers. Madrid has also added Jaime Pradilla, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Mikael Jantunen, Max Shulga, Oliver Sarr and Eli Ndiaye, whereas Pedro Martínez has taken over as head coach.
