12:26pm: Phoenix has officially signed Spalding for the remainder of the season, announcing the news in a press release. The Suns’ roster still stands at 16 players.
8:44am: The Suns will sign Ray Spalding for the rest of this season, with a partial guarantee for next year, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The new contract comes as a 10-day deal that Spalding had with Phoenix is set to expire. The 21-year-old hasn’t taken the court yet for the Suns, but he did get into one game for the Mavericks before being waived in January.
Dallas selected the ex-Louisville star with the 56th pick in the 2018 draft. He was a starter in the G League, averaging 15.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game with the Texas Legends. The Mavericks released him to open a roster spot to complete the Kristaps Porzingis trade.
The Suns will still have a roster opening once the Spalding deal is complete, but they will now have 14 guaranteed contracts.
First, his own sports equipment business and now a multi-year deal. This kid is going places.
2 thumbs down. Boo!
Dude has played ‘one’ minute (w/Dallas) as an NBA player. It is ‘so’ Suns like to guarantee his contract for this season and to partially guarantee for next season.
He can’t even get on the floor for the worse team in the NBA that’s craving a PF! That should tell you something right there.Yeah, I talking about you PHX.
BeanPole. 6’10” n 215? StickBOY. What could he do but MAYBE Block some shots? Typical Phoenix…Sarver TOTALLY RUINED one of my fave teams. Laughingstock in the NBA NOW. Sell back to the CoAngelos, dammit!!
*SIGH*….”Phoenix Suns”….