Casey Hill, then the Santa Cruz Warriors' head coach, smiled each of the three or four times a winded Jones asked to come off the court. Because after weeks harping on the 7-foot, 245-pound rookie to give consistent effort, Hill was finally seeing Jones' motor match his physical tools. In the Warriors' 95-93 loss Saturday night to Philadelphia at Summer League, Jones looked more like an NBA contributor than a long-term project. Anchored to the post in his limited NBA minutes last season, he is at ease enough to attempt the shots in games that he works on in practice. Because with free-agent center JaVale McGee's status still in flux, Golden State could need Jones to play meaningful minutes next season. Jones tore his right pectoral muscle while weight lifting 12 days before going 30th overall to Golden State in the 2016 NBA draft. In his first few D-League assignments, Jones — whose four-year rookie contract is worth up to $5.9 million — labored against players earning $19,500 or $26,000, the D-League's two annual salary levels. A week removed from Golden State's second NBA title in three years last month, Jones was back at the team's practice facility in downtown...