tashoya
Blue & Gray (over 10,000 posts)
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Post by tashoya on Sept 29, 2022 10:30:00 GMT -5
Where is James? Did he graduate from Baylor? I hope he's ok. Not sure if he graduated but he entered the draft... played pretty well at the G League combine, but didn't get an invite to the NBA combine. He was not offered any training camp or 2 way deals after the draft but he did get a summer league invite with the Hawks. He struggled in summer league playing 3 games off the bench. He averaged 16 mins, 4 pts and 5 assists, but shot just 13% from the field (3-23). He missed the final 2 games of summer league after catching COVID. He hasn't signed with any foreign clubs so I'm guessing his plan is to play in the G League this year and try to earn a call up. I was a bit surprised he didn't get an Exhibit 10 after the draft, like Mac and Pickett did last year and Aminu did this year. James did have a better college career than any of them and players lesser than him certainly got Exhibit 10's this year over him. Tyson Etienne from Wichita State who's basically a 6'2 shooting guard got an Exhibit 10 with the Hawks right after the draft... surprising to me that someone like that would be ahead of James in the pecking order. I wonder if his generally poor attitude had anything to do with teams not wanting to give him much of a chance. Funny enough, his uncle was on Twitter posting a screen shot of Sharife Cooper's terrible summer league stats... as he was the starting PG on the Hawks summer league team and at the time was one of their 2-way players. Cooper was really struggling in summer league and the uncle wrote that James was about to take his spot. Hopefully, James' uncle figures out that he should probably be quiet. James is a long shot under the best of circumstances. He doesn't need any additional baggage working against him.
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seaweed
Diamond Hoya (over 2500 posts)
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Post by seaweed on Oct 25, 2022 11:24:58 GMT -5
Recently waived by Knicks, not currently on the Westchester Knicks (GLeague) roster, shows as unrestricted free agent. Status TBD I guess.
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Post by cgallstar02 on Oct 25, 2022 15:23:07 GMT -5
Recently waived by Knicks, not currently on the Westchester Knicks (GLeague) roster, shows as unrestricted free agent. Status TBD I guess. He's definitely on the Knicks G League team... that's why they signed him to the exhibit 10 and immediately waived him so they could give him the 50K bonus to play for Westchester. Jahvon Blair will also be on the Westchester Knicks... he was chosen in the 2nd round of the G League draft last Saturday. I imagine Akinjo will be starting minus whatever if any games Miles McBride gets sent down for. Only other decent PG they have is Tra Holder. Also, Pickett is on Cleveland Charge... Mac and Mohammed on Delaware Bluecoats. That's it as far as I can see for ex Hoya's. Not sure if Govan is still on Ignite. Trey Mourning was on the Heat G League team last year but isn't listed on this years training camp roster. www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/westchester-knicks-announce-2022-23-training-camp-roster/n-5892760
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Post by cgallstar02 on Sept 20, 2023 0:05:26 GMT -5
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