Here are Sunday’s NBA G League assignments and recalls from across the league:
- The Magic have recalled rookie wing Melvin Frazier from their G League affiliate, according to a tweet from the team’s PR department. Frazier has appeared in just 3 games for the Magic so far this season.
- The Rockets have assigned center Isaiah Hartenstein to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, according to Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle. This was done ahead of the team’s expected signing of Kenneth Faried on Monday.
- The Trail Blazers announced in a press release that they have recalled Wade Baldwin and assigned both Anfernee Simons and Gary Trent to the G League.
- The Spurs have recalled rookies Lonnie Walker and Chimezie Metu from their G League affiliate in Austin, according to Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express (via Twitter).
I’m not sure why I think this is going to happen, but, in addition to the Hartenstein move to create space for Faried, I think Houston will find a taker for Melo in Brooklyn. I could see the Nets trading the 2020 second rounder that’s protected through pick 55 they received from Atlanta as part of the Jeremy Lin trade. It was Portland’s pick, so basically the Blazers would have to make the Western Conference finals next year for the Nets (or Houston in this case) to get the pick. Houston needs to trade him to avoid an additional luxury tax penalty for waiving him.