Dillon Jones is taking his latest championship chase to Philadelphia.
The former Knicks forward signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the 76ers on Tuesday afternoon, a move that sends him from New York to a direct rival after a brief but meaningful stint in the Big Apple. Jones appeared in just 39 minutes during his lone season with the Knicks, but the team still counted on him in a bigger way than the box score suggested during its 2026 championship run.
Knicks coach Mike Brown made that clear this summer during an appearance on the Roommates Show, calling the 24-year-old “fabulous” in the postseason. Brown said Jones had a significant influence on how New York handled the noise and pressure of its title push, leaning on the experience he brought from the Thunder’s 2025 championship run. Jones also helped spark the now-famous 2025 Eastern Conference Finals rewatch idea.
Now he heads to a 76ers roster that oddsmakers see as loaded, with LeBron James, Joel Embiid, Jaylen Brown, and Tyrese Maxey forming the Big Four. That setup gives Jones a real shot at something rare: extending his title streak to three straight.
Jones already owns back-to-back NBA championships after this past season, a remarkable run considering he has only two years of NBA activity behind him. The accomplishment stands out even more in an era built on parity, where repeating has been almost impossible.
No team has gone back-to-back since the 2018 Warriors. Danny Green was the last player to win consecutive titles, doing it with the Raptors in 2019 and the Lakers in 2020. With his move to Philadelphia, Jones now has a chance to become the first player of the 2020s to win three in a row.
The last player to do that was Patrick McCaw, who won titles with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018 before adding another with the Raptors in 2019. The Knicks, meanwhile, will hope Jones does not keep that streak alive against them.
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