Kay Jones22 years old, 2.11m tall power forward, is the team’s substitute charlotte hornetsyou claimed on Twitter that he would defeat LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal One on one.
The Nassau (Bahamas) native, who came to the NBA with the No. 19 pick in the 2021 draft and averaged 8.8 and 4.8 rebounds per game in his final year at the University of Texas in the NCAA, started taking to social media bluffing at teammates Mark Williams and Nick Richards on Instagram.
He then claimed on Twitter that he was LaMelo Ball and rookie Brandon Miller (No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft) hornets‘Two current and future stars.
“Ever since I came out of the womb, I’ve been shooting better than them, and they can’t guard me,” jones wrote about ball and miller.
He later replied on Twitter that he was “100% sure” he could beat LeBron James one-on-one and “cook” Shaquille O’Neal.
A statistical comparison of Kai Jones vs. LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal, LaMelo Ball…
Numbers don’t lie, so it’s best to check them out and see their contributions to the NBA Kay Jones compared to LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neal, LaMelo Ball, Mark Williams or Nick Richards.
- Kai Jones: Averaged 3.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game last season and averaged 2.7 points and 2 rebounds in 67 NBA games.
- Mark Williams: Averaged 9 points and 7.1 rebounds last season.
- Nick Richards: Averaged 8.2 points and 6.4 rebounds last season.
- LaMelo Ball: Averaged 23.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 8.4 assists last season.
- LeBron James: Averaged 27.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.3 assists in 20 NBA seasons.
- Shaquille O’Neal: In his 19 NBA seasons, averaged 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game.