He is absolutely dominating Kessler.
Sidenote: I said before the Trailblazers were a hot mess, but that is mainly their offense. Their defense is actually pretty solid so far in pre-season (eye test).
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He is absolutely dominating Kessler.
Sidenote: I said before the Trailblazers were a hot mess, but that is mainly their offense. Their defense is actually pretty solid so far in pre-season (eye test).
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He is adjusting to the NBA game a lot faster than I thought. He even is showing that 3 pt range again which I guess was a super long 2 with his foot on the line. Him and Castle are going to really represent well this upcoming year for UConn.
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Weird they showed him hitting a 3 in the video. Maybe his foot was on the line?
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Yeah, his toenail was on the line.
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Take last night with a grain of salt - Utah looked abysmal.
It's preseason but he's played pretty well all things considered and Utah was with most of its starters.
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If you are going off last year the Jazz were better than nearly a quarter of the league, including Portland. Also, Portland was without at least two starters.
I’m psyched to see this. Nobody is more deserving than Tyrese Martin. His work ethic and attitude are unmatched. Cheering hard for this guy!
So who are the current UConn NBA players:
Drummond - Sixers
Martin - Nets (two way)
Hawkins - Pelicans
Jackson - Bucks
Sanogo - Bulls (two way)
Castle - Spurs
Clingan - Blazers
Newton - Pacers (two way)
Spencer - Grizzlies (two way)
G-League:
Bouknight - Remix (Portland)
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Drummond - Sixers
Martin - Nets (two way)
Hawkins - Pelicans
Jackson - Bucks
Sanogo - Bulls (two way)
Castle - Spurs
Clingan - Blazers
Newton - Pacers (two way)
Spencer - Grizzlies (two way)
G-League:
Bouknight - Remix (Portland)
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I think you got them all.
Dom Amore has a good run down of all the UConn guys in the NBA in today's Courant.
“We had that little window after 2014 where we struggled a little bit and there haven’t been as many UConn guys when you turn on the TV,” Dan Hurley said. “I think we’re going to get back to that point where you’re going to turn on TNT, or whoever is streaming these games now and you’ll see Jordan Hawkins being guarded by Steph Castle.”
Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: UConn’s NBA presence is back; former Husky gets a second chance and more
After a period of dwindling UConn presence in the NBA, the wave of draft picks from the back-to-back champions is making Husky-on-Husky matchups frequent again. This and more in the Sunday Read.
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I understand the 2 way contract, but can anyone explain Bouknight being just in the gleague? If the team was impressed and wanted to call him up, can they just do that or do they have to convert him to a 2 way contract or some other form of contract?
They would likely sign him to a 10-day contract. Or if they really like him, a full contract.
Bouk signed an Exhibit 10 deal, which essentially gave him a 75k bonus for going to training camp if he eventually signs with Portland's G league team and spends 60 days with them after getting waived from the NBA. These contracts can be converted to two-ways before the season starts, but the Blazers have used all their two-ways so that's not possible for Bouk.
Since he's not on a two-way or a regular NBA contract and assigned down to the g league (he's waived post training camp), he's essentially a free agent in the NBA's eyes, so any team could sign him to any contract from the G-League, even though he's on Portland's g league team and getting paid to play by them. Since they waived him, they don't have his rights.
Very helpful, thank you!