May 2019 Basketball Wiretap

Michael Frazier Named G League Most Improved Player

Mar 27, 2019 5:50 PM

Michael Frazier has been named the 2018-19 NBA G League Most Improved Player. The award honors the player who demonstrated the most significant improvement during the 2018-19 season and is voted on by the league’s 27 general managers and head coaches.

In his second NBA G League season and first since 2015-16, Frazier (6-4, 200, Florida) averaged 16.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 45 games (39 starts). He shot 44.6 percent from the field, reached the 20-point mark 17 times and led the Vipers in total points and field goals made.

Frazier averaged 13.3 points on 41.7 percent shooting through the first 24 games of the season. His breakout month came in January, when he averaged 20.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 steals in 11 games, a significant improvement from his December averages (11.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.7 steals). He capped off the month with a 43-point performance against the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

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Tags: Michael Frazier, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, D-League, D-League Award, D-League Teams

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Scott Machado Named G League Player Of The Month For March

Mar 26, 2019 7:07 AM

Scott Machado has been named the NBA G League Player of the Month for games played in March.

In eight games (all starts) with the South Bay Lakers, Machado averaged 22.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 11.6 assists and 1.8 steals while shooting 52.6 percent from the field and guiding the team to a 6-2 record. The veteran point guard scored a career-high 40 points along with a season-high 16 assists in South Bay’s 126-115 win over the Wisconsin Herd on March 11.

Machado tallied seven double-doubles in March and was named NBA G League Player of the Week on March 18. Machado received an NBA Call Up with the Los Angeles Lakers when he signed a 10-day contract on March 21.

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Tags: Scott Machado, Los Angeles Lakers, South Bay Lakers, NBA, D-League, D-League Award, D-League Teams

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Scott Machado Named G League Player Of The Week

Mar 18, 2019 4:26 PM

Scott Machado of the South Bay Lakers has been named the NBA G League Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 11 through Sunday, March 17.

Machado averaged 25.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 14.0 assists and 2.3 steals while shooting 50 percent from the field in three consecutive South Bay wins. The veteran point guard scored a career-high 40 points along with a season-high 16 assists in South Bay’s 126-115 win over the Wisconsin Herd on Monday.

Machado followed up that performance with a near triple-double (13 points, 7 rebounds, 13 assists) in a win over Grand Rapids on Wednesday. The former Iona standout finished out the week with a 22-point, 13-assist double-double against the Austin Spurs on Saturday night. His 8.0 assists per game currently ranks second in the NBA G League.

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Tags: Scott Machado, South Bay Lakers, D-League, D-League Award, D-League Teams

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Alan Williams Named G League Player Of The Week

Mar 11, 2019 6:40 PM

Alan Williams has been named NBA G League Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 4, through Sunday, March 10.

 

Williams is on a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets.

This marks the second NBA G League Player of the Week honor in Long Island Nets history, the first for Long Island this season and the first of Williams’ career.

Williams led Long Island to a 4-0 week, averaging 22.0 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 blocks in 28.6 minutes per game while shooting 47.0 percent (31-of-66) from the field and 89.3 percent (25-of-28) from the free throw line. The Phoenix native scored 20 or more points and led Long Island in scoring in three of the team’s four games. He also posted three double-doubles during the four-game stretch.

Williams began the week with a team-high 20 points, eight rebounds, two assists and a block versus Canton on March 4 and followed it with a game-high-tying 28 points, 12 rebounds, a career-high-tying five assists and a career-high-tying three blocks versus Fort Wayne on March 6.

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Tags: Alan Williams, Brooklyn Nets, Long Island Nets, NBA, D-League, D-League Award, D-League Teams

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