Former BYU star Jimmer Fredette will have a spot on the Warriors‘ Summer League roster next month, assistant GM Larry Harris tells Joe, Lo and Dibs of 95.7 The Game (Twitter link). Fredette technically remains under contract with the Suns and has a team option for the 2019/20 season. If he has already committed to Golden State for Summer League play though, that’s a strong indication that Phoenix won’t be exercising that option.
In other Summer League news, former Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes will play for the Clippers‘ squad, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony, who tweets that Hayes is employing an NBA out after signing with EuroLeague team Zalgiris. Hayes appeared in nine NBA games during the 2017/18 season, including five with the Kings.
Here’s more from around the Pacific:
- Within an article exploring the pitch the Clippers should make to Kawhi Leonard in free agency, ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz cites sources who say a belief that Leonard would sign with an L.A. team in 2019 was a significant reason why the Celtics and Sixers didn’t go all-in for the forward on the trade market a year ago.
- While Leonard will be the Clippers‘ top target in free agency this summer, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said that the club would “never put all our eggs in one basket,” as Andrew Greif of The Los Angeles Times relays.
- Their trade for Anthony Davis will make the Lakers contenders, but their title aspirations ultimately may hinge on what sort of role players they can acquire to complement Davis and LeBron James, writes Tania Ganguli of The Los Angeles Times.
Lakers re-sign Rondo
As long as it’s NOT for 9 million again.
rondo’s returning to boston
Resign Rondo and get DLo. Let the Nets have Durrant and Kyrie. Next year will be a doozie for them.
But yes, the Lakers need to sign more players to surround AD & LeBron, duh. Nice article.
It was a Jimmer-and-three-duhs piece.
Watch Fredette put up 15-20 ppg for the Warriors this season haha
Somebody has to score without Klay, KD, and Cousins there. Steph and Green can’t combine for 110 ppg.
I agree. This could be a minimum contract sort of a “star signing” for the Warriors and the new building.
Zero risk and potential for huge success. Jimmer might shoot 40% and not play defense but might do the job in this lame duck year for the fans and ownership.
I’ll be watching. Let’s see how it goes in summer league. Vegas baby I’ll be there !!
Nope!
Both fan bases are frustrated right now, so I wonder if Celtics & Sixers FO’s teamed up to convince ESPN to put together that article on Kawhi??
Elfrid Payton,Rajon Rondo Patrick Beverly,Rodney Hood,Danny Green,Wesley Mathews,Wilson Chandler and both Brook and Robin Lopez I think these guys might help to make the money work
Warriors continue to wreck the league.
Can anyone tell me what Jimmer Fredette does on a basketball court?
One thing is for sure, he can’t shoot! Probably the worst shooter in the league… I mean 0-13 last year in 6 games, couldn’t even get 1, even Hassan Whiteside is a better shooter than him! SMH!
6 games, 13 shots in how many minutes? Also on a bottom 5 team, with terrible coaching and no real system to speak of.