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vs
2025-26
Yuki Kawamura
Free agent · G · 25
Yuki Kawamura
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Tyus Jones vs Yuki Kawamura

5-12categories
Jones · Kawamura
Tyus Jones
Jones
Nuggets
2025-26
Kawamura
Free agent
Yuki Kawamura
67
Games
availability
18
14.6
Minutes
per game
11.6
3.0
Points
per game
3.4
1.1
Rebounds
per game
1.8
2.4
Assists
per game
2.6
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.5
0.4
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.8
34.9%
Field goal %
32.7%
29.2%
Three-point %
2.0 vs 2.1 attempts
29.7%
77.8%
Free throw %
89.5%
44.8%
True shooting
TS%
51.4%
10.3%
Usage
USG%
13.3%
22.2%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
26.6%
3.6%
Rebound %
of available
7.4%
-6.1
Net rating
on court
-2.3
6.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
8.2%
-1.6
Plus-minus
per game
-0.2
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Yuki Kawamura scored more in 2025-26, 0.4 points a game apart (3.4 vs 3.0), on Kawamura's heavier usage (13.3% vs 10.3%).

Kawamura is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 51.4% to 44.8%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Kawamura (2.6 vs 2.4 assists), the glass to Kawamura (1.8 vs 1.1 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Jones played 49 more games (67 vs 18 of 82).

With Kawamura on the floor his team outscored opponents by -2.3 per 100 possessions, against -6.1 for Jones; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Jones $2.4M through 2026-27, Kawamura — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Jones
2025-26
Kawamura
37-30
Record when playing
6-12
2.2
Points at home
2.2
3.8
Points on the road
4.1
2.8
Points in wins
3.3
3.2
Points in losses
3.5
16
Season high
14
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Jones · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at LAL0 pts · 1 reb · 8 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at LAC0 pts · 1 reb · 7 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs CHI4 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at UTA2 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
Sun, Oct 4 vs UTA8 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
Kawamura · last 5
Sat, Oct 10 at TOR10 pts · 0 reb · 4 ast
Sun, Oct 4 vs GSW1 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 12 at DAL14 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Apr 10 vs ORL0 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Thu, Apr 9 at WAS6 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast
Jones · contract
2026-27$2.4M
Kawamura · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).