Tait-Jones is a 24 year-old from New Zealand that helped get UC San Diego into conversations in 2024-25. He was the Big West Player of the Year. He averaged 19.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game. He only hit 31.3% of his three-point attempts. He is a 75.1% free throw shooter. He led the Big West the last two seasons in True Shooting Percentage. He led the entire NCAA in free throw attempts. Tait-Jones was also the Big West leader in boxscore plus/minus. His assist-to-turnover ratio was 1.78-to-1. His DEFRTG was 1.2 points worse than the UC San Diego team DEFRTG. Right-handed. Tait-Jones is unlikely to hear his name called on either draft day but he deserves a Summer League shot for sure.
