March 2017 Basketball Wiretap

Jazz Sign Naz Long To Two-Way Contract

Dec 22, 2017 6:23 PM

The Utah Jazz plan to sign Naz Long to a two-way contract.

Utah waived Nate Wolters from his two-way contract to create a spot for Long.

In 20 games in the G League this season, Long is averaging 15 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.

Long went undrafted out of Iowa State in 2017.

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Jazz Waive Nate Wolters

Dec 22, 2017 5:33 PM

The Utah Jazz have waived Nate Wolters, who was on a two-way contract.

Wolters appeared in five games for the Jazz this season while also playing in another 13 in the G League.

Before the current season, Wolters last played in the NBA in 14-15.

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Mavs Sign Kyle Collinsworth To Two-Way Deal, Waive Antonius Cleveland, Jeff Withey

Dec 19, 2017 12:56 PM

The Dallas Mavericks have signed guard Kyle Collinsworth to a two-way contract. In a related move, the Mavericks requested waivers on guard-forward Antonius Cleveland and center Jeff Withey.

Collinsworth (6-6, 210) has spent the past two seasons with the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, the Texas Legends. He holds averages of 8.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 30.1 minutes per game in 54 career G League games (34 starts). In 18 games (all starts) for the Legends in 2017-18, he averaged 11.4 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.7 steals in 35.8 minutes per game.

After going undrafted in 2016 out of BYU, Collinsworth competed for Dallas at the 2016 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. He spent the 2016 preseason with the Mavericks before being waived by the team on Oct. 22, 2016.

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Trey Burke Named G League Player Of The Week

Dec 18, 2017 4:06 PM

Trey Burke has been named Player of the Week in the G League.

Burke averaged 33.7 points last week to lead the Westchester Knicks to a 2-1 record.

Burke is second in the G League in scoring at 26.9 points per game.

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Terrence Jones To Sign With Santa Cruz Warriors

Dec 13, 2017 12:15 PM

Terrence Jones will sign with the Santa Cruz Warriors of the G-League.

Jones signed a one-year deal for $2 million in China in July and was waived in November.

Santa Cruz has the first claim in the rotating waiver pool by which they will acquire Jones.

Jones spent the end of last season with the Bucks, though he also played 51 games with the Pelicans. Jones previously spent four seasons with the Rockets.

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Derrick Jones Jr. Signs With Suns' G-League Affiliate

Dec 12, 2017 4:24 PM

Derrick Jones Jr. has cleared waivers and signed with the Northern Arizona Suns.

The Suns had to release Jones to create a roster spot for Mike James.

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Northern Arizona Trades For Isaiah Canaan

Dec 12, 2017 4:22 PM

The Northern Arizona Suns have acquired Isaiah Canaan from the Agua Caliente Clippers in exchange for a 2018 first round G-League pick.

Canaan was most recently with the Houston Rockets, playing for them in one game this season. He played four minutes for the NBA club against the Philadelphia 76ers, gathering one rebound. He was waived by Houston on Oct. 28. He signed into the NBA G League this week and was claimed by the Agua Caliente Clippers.

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Bulls Assign Zach LaVine To G-League For Rehab

Dec 9, 2017 7:15 PM

The Chicago Bulls have assigned guard Zach LaVine to the Windy City Bulls.

LaVine is currently rehabbing a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that took place on Feb. 3, 2017, vs. the Detroit Pistons.

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Suns To Sign Danuel House To Two-Way Contract

Dec 7, 2017 5:11 PM

The Phoenix Suns plan to sign Danuel House of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers to a two-way deal.

The Suns signed Mike James, who was previously on a two-way contract, to a standard deal on Thursday.

House is averaging 17.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game this season in the G-League.

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Mike James Becomes First Two-Way Player To Convert To Standard NBA Contract

Dec 7, 2017 10:09 AM

The Phoenix Suns are converting the two-way contract of Mike James into a regular NBA deal.

James is the first two-way player to have his contract converted under the NBA's new system. James made a projected $213,000 on the two-way contract, and he could make $580,607 on a minimum NBA contract for the remainder of the season.

The Suns plan to create a roster spot for James.

Two-way contracts are paid on a smaller scale, and James will have exhausted his 45 days on an NBA roster on Thursday, which is counted from the first day of G-League training camp. 

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Kings Assign Skal Labissiere To G-League

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Walt Lemon Jr. Named G League Player Of The Month

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Bulls Assign Kay Felder To Windy City

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Bulls Assign Zach LaVine, Nikola Mirotic To G League

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