Former lottery pick Nik Stauskas will play in Spain next season. The shooting guard signed a deal with Baskonia, as the team announced on its website. It was recently reported that the 25-year-old was considering the Spanish club.
Stauskas was the No. 8 overall pick in the 2014 draft, spending just one year with the Kings before Sacramento dealt him, along with Carl Landry and Jason Thompson to the Sixers in order to clear cap space (the team surrender the No. 14 overall pick in the 2019 as part of the deal).
The former Michigan Wolverine played in Philadelphia for slightly over two seasons, with the Sixers trading him to the Nets early in the 2017/18 campaign.
Stauskas split time between Portland and Cleveland last season and arguably had a better half of the year with the Cavs. During his time in Ohio, he knocked down 42.9% of his shots from behind the arc on 2.6 attempts per game. However, that showing apparently wasn’t enough to earn him a favorable NBA offer.
He did fine in CLE. Possible worst team in the NBA can’t keep Stauskas or Nwaba. Whatever.
Easy to get shots when you’re down by 20…no one is closing you out. Bad teams empty stats…the 2nd half of the season aka garbage time for half the league…rest for the other half.
Nik had plenty of opportunities. Streaky dont cut it anymore, not for 3 point specialists.
Better have your one marketable skill on lock.
2 bricks and a swish nik… learn spanish well.