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UPDATING THIS AGAIN: Bobby Jones will be called up to Philly. Confirmed second handedly.

The Philadelphia 76er's Thaddeus Young is out until at least the playoffs after trying to block a shot, landing awkwardly and spraining his ankle.  Bad for the Sixer's, great for the D-League.

According to 76ers GM Ed Stefanski, the Sixer's had been looking at D-League options all season, and it looks like they are finally getting a chance to use this knowledge.

"If Thad is out for any kind of period, it probably would make sense to bring someone in who is at that swing position," said Sixer's GM Ed Stefanski.  "We've been scouting the [D-League] all year. Guys are out there. We have a lit that we keep reviewing."

Their 'lit' apparently led them to Sioux Falls' Bobby Jones, as numerous sources have confirmed that Philly will bring Bobby Jones in by Monday, presumably to be chillin' out, maxin', relaxin all cool, along with shootin' some b-ball outside of the school.  They may even let him play with just 11 healthy bodies.  Jones has had many call-up's, but actually started his career with the Sixers, where he played 45 games during the 2006-07 season.

Bobby Jones, the 6'7" swingman out of Washington, is going to be on his way to Philadelphia to take the place of Young.  Most recently in the NBA with the Sacramento Kings this preseason, he has been playing small forward for the Sioux Falls Skyforce since being released.  With Sioux Falls, Jones was averaging 16.1 points, eight boards and shooting 48% from the field, known as one of the better defenders in the D-League.

Had I known they were looking for perimeter defense, I would have sent a player with more upside - either Brent Petway or Othyus Jeffers.  If they were looking for experience down the stretch, Josh Davis should have been given a look.  It does seem that Bobby Jones is the best option to combine both defense and veteran savvy.

While Jones' defense is hard to quantify, he's from Compton - seems to scream to me that this fact alone should equal great defense.  it's easy to tell that the NBA realizes that's what he bring to the table as well.  Since coming out of the University of Washington in the 2006 draft from a team that also included Brandon Roy, Nate Robinson and Will Conroy, he's played with roughly 1,052 teams (Transactions broken down after the jump).

Overall, I like the move as it utilizes the D-League, but there are players that are having better seasons that haven't been given the opportunity to showcase their talents at the NBA level.

Here's the career path he's taken thus far:

Jones was drafted by the (1) Timberwolves but traded on draft day to the (2) 76ers.  With the Sixers for rougly a year and 3 months, he was traded along with Steven Hunter to the (3) Nuggets in September 2007.  He "played" with the Nuggets through December, but was cut January 6th.  Four days later, Jones signed with the (4) Memphis Grizzlies.  After two ten-day's with the Grizzlies, he came to the D-League and started with the (5) Sioux Falls Skyforce on February 9th.  After playing with the Skyforce for almost 2 and a half weeks, he was called up to the (6) Houston Rockets on February 26th.  On March 12, after taking a six day break, he got another 10-day with (7) Miami, though got cut a day before his contract was up, on the 21st.  He then re-signed with the (8)Skyforce before getting called-up again by the (9) Spurs on April Fools day.  After his 10-day with the Spurs was up, he signed with the (10) Nuggets again for the remainder of the season.  After being with the same team for over 3 months, he was traded to (11) New York with Taurean Green for Renaldo Balkman.  One day later, he got released.  Then, two weeks later, he signed with (12) Miami again, though they cut him ten days later.  He then signed with the (13) Kings the first of October, and as history would show, it didn't last for long.