March 2022 Basketball Wiretap

Wenyen Gabriel, Lakers Agree To Two-Way Contract

Feb 28, 2022 9:20 PM

The Los Angeles Lakers intend to sign Wenyen Gabriel to a Two-Way contract.

Gabriel has played for the Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and New Orleans Pelicans this season.

Gabriel has showed flashes of athleticism and versatility at 6'9.

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Celtics To Sign Matt Ryan To Two-Way Contract

Feb 28, 2022 8:40 AM

The Boston Celtics are turning to the G League and USA Basketball to fill their Two-Way opening. Boston will sign Matt Ryan of the Grand Rapids Gold to a Two-Way deal.

The Celtics have had a Two-Way opening since signing former Two-Way player Sam Hauser to a two-year, standard contract. Hauser was sign after Boston's deadline moves left the team with five open roster spots.

Ryan has averaged 18.6 points per game for Grand Rapids. He's shot 38.5% on 9.7 three-point attempts per game. Ryan has also played for Team USA in FIBA World Cup qualifiers. He's scored 27 points in two games and hit 9-of-18 from behind the arc.

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Armoni Brooks Signs In G League After Declining Multiple Two-Way Offers

Feb 27, 2022 8:16 AM

Armoni Brooks has signed with the College Park Skyhawks of the G League.

Brooks was waived by the Houston Rockets at the trade deadline to complete their 3-for-1 trade with the Boston Celtics. 

Brooks turned down several Two-Way offers and he could still return to the Rockets.

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Quinn Cook Signs With Stockton Kings

Feb 27, 2022 8:10 AM

The Stockton Kings have signed Quinn Cook.

Cook has accrued career averages of 6.4 points (.461 FG%, .408 3pt%, .795 FT%), 1.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 14.1 minutes per game in 188 games (29 starts) over the course of five seasons for five teams: Dallas Mavericks (2016-17), New Orleans Pelicans (2016-17), Golden State Warriors (2017-19), Los Angeles Lakers (2019-21) and Cleveland Cavaliers (2020-21).

After Cook was waived by the Blazers during the preseason, he played for Lokomotiv Cuban in Russia until the end of 2021.

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Mavericks To Sign Moses Wright To Two-Way Deal

Feb 24, 2022 9:30 PM

The Dallas Mavericks have agreed to sign Moses Wright to a Two-Way deal. 

Wright is averaging 15.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 30.4 minutes per game for the Agua Caliente Clippers. 

Wright went undrafted in 2021 out of Georgia Tech and is represented by Ron Shade and Josh Beauregard-Bell.

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Isaiah Thomas To Rejoin G League After All-Star Break

Feb 15, 2022 4:35 PM

Isaiah Thomas is expected to rejoin the Grand Rapids Gold of the G League after the All-Star break.

Thomas scored 42 points for the Gold in his lone G League game before his call-up to the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Mason Jones Named G League Player Of The Month For January

Feb 1, 2022 3:31 PM

Mason Jones has been named NBA G League Player of the Month for games played in January.

Jones is on a Two-Way contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.

In eight games (all starts) in January, Jones led the G League in scoring with 28.0 points per game on 52.1 percent field-goal shooting while also averaging 8.9 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 39.1 minutes per game. The DeSoto, Texas native was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers to a two-way contract on December 21, 2021, after originally being acquired by South Bay on November 6, 2021.

Jones is the first South Bay player to be named G League Player of the Month since Scott Machado in March of 2019.

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