Pacers sign Dahntay Jones at 4 years, $11 million

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Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo Sports

Dahntay Johes has agreed to a 4 year, $11 million deal with the Indiana Pacers, his agent told Yahoo! Sports.

I suppose many of you are happy with this deal. I don't like Jones as much as those I've read in this board, but for this price it's a solid signing. I thought he'd get a bigger contract.

[Aw Heck]

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Fantastic. Can't hurt to have a solid defender coming off the bench.

I wonder if this will have any bearing on whether Marquis gets re-signed or not.

[Roaming Gnome]

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Nice..

[vnzla81]

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that was a good deal, young and really good defender.

[Hicks]

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Figures I have to deal with this given my recent comments.

Still, I like him for what he can do. I just hope he chills out with the tripping.

Have to learn to love him now!

[Hicks]

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$2.75m a year. Pretty good deal. Thought he'd cost more.

[Placebo]

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Yes! That came from nowhere!

We have 3 Dukies now

[docpaul]

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$2.75m a year. Pretty good deal. Thought he'd cost more.

Wonder if they used that trade exception to get him?

[LG33]

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that was a good deal, young and really good defender.

29 by January isn't that young. I thought he was younger myself.

[JayRedd]

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Sweet. Can't argue with that price.

A fourth year isn't particularly necessary, but whatever. We need perimeter D in a bad way.

[vnzla81]

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29 by January isn't that young. I thought he was younger myself.

yeah I thought he was younger than that, I still like the guy, decent player for a decent price.

[tadscout]

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Pacers agree to deal with guard Dahntay Jones

By Mike Wells
mike.wells@indystar.com

The Indiana Pacers have landed their first free agent acquisition of the offseason.
The Pacers agreed to a four-year, $11 million deal with Denver Nuggets free agent guard Dahntay Jones late Wednesday night. The fourth year is a player option.

"(Pacers president) Larry Bird and (general manager) David Morway contacted me the first night of free agency and expressed a lot of interest in Dahntay," Jones' agent, Mark Bartelstein, said. "The Pacers are getting somebody that competes with an edge and is a lockdown defender. He's going to bring a defensive mind-set to the team."

Bartelstein was assisted by Aaron Mintz on the deal. Bird and Morway were unavailable for comment.

Jones started 71 games for Denver, which reached the Western Conference finals last season. He averaged 5.4 points and 2.1 rebounds.

Jones, a defensive-minded player who doesn't need the ball to be effective, will give the Pacers needed help on a depleted wing.

The team didn't pick up its option on Marquis Daniels, Mike Dunleavy is out indefinitely with a knee injury and Stephen Graham is an unrestricted free agent.

"I've watched a lot of the Pacers games since we had three guys on the roster last season and we were intrigued by their team," Bartelstein said. "Dahntay is a multidimensional player that can defend three positions."

The Pacers are expected now to turn their attention to restricted free agent guard Jarrett Jack.

Bird and Morway have had preliminary discussions with Jack's agent, but a deal is not imminent. The Pacers will go only so far in matching an offer for Jack.

"Jarrett's representative wants to get a feel for the market and find out what kind of interest there is in him . . .," Morway said. "We expect to be able to re-sign Jarrett."

The Pacers have also expressed interest in former Northwest High School standout Rodney Carney. Carney's athleticism fits coach Jim O'Brien's style.

The Pacers appear close to re-signing restricted free agent Josh McRoberts, who is playing on their summer league team in Orlando. Morway said he hopes to get a "deal done shortly" with the forward.

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Cool.

Guess this means Quis isn't coming back, though.

[Justin Tyme]

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Wonder if they used that trade exception to get him?

Not sure they can use it TE. It doesn't seem they can add more money to it to fit Jones' salary. Could be wrong.

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EDIT: Posted without watching. After watching, it's clear he doesn't have much range.

But he hit 11 of his 17 threes last year! That's a good percentage!