5:32pm: The Nets have officially waived Ellenson, according to a team press release.
1:01pm: The Nets‘ series of roster moves will include waiving two-way player Henry Ellenson, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wonjarowski, who tweets that Brooklyn may use its newly-opened two-way slot to add a backcourt piece.
As we relayed on Thursday, the Nets are also making changes to their 15-man roster, waiving injured swingman David Nwaba and signing G League wing Justin Anderson to a 10-day contract to replace him.
Ellenson, a former 18th overall pick, has been one of Brooklyn’s two-way players this season, alongside Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot. While TLC has gotten the opportunity to play a rotation role, Ellenson appeared in just five games at the NBA level, logging 15 total minutes. The big man has spent most of the season with the Long Island Nets, averaging 18.3 PPG and 9.5 RPG in 11 NBAGL games (28.6 MPG).
January 15 is the deadline for teams to sign players to two-way contracts, so the Nets figure to fill their open spot by then. If Brooklyn wants to promote Luwawu-Cabarrot to the 15-man roster, the team could end up adding a pair of new two-way players.
Milwaukee ?
Signing Chris Chiozza
Piece?
It’s a bit of a headscratcher because I thought the plan was to open a spot on the main roster to upgrade TLC’s contract to a regular contract. I also figured the 10-day contract (or possibly 2 of them) for Justin Anderson might have been a placeholder until they could use Nwaba’s DPE to sign Shumpert for the rest of the season. I’m sure Marks knows what he’s doing.
He should have stayed in school longer