A busy day of transactions in Oklahoma City continued this afternoon, as the Thunder announced in a press release that they’ve signed free agent forward Jaylen Hoard to a two-way contract.
Undrafted out of Wake Forest in 2019, Hoard spent his rookie season on a two-way deal with Portland, logging limited minutes in 13 games for the Trail Blazers. After reaching free agency in the fall, Hoard signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Thunder, who released him after gaining his NBA G League rights.
Hoard, who turned 22 last week, subsequently suited up for the Oklahoma City Blue at the Walt Disney World bubble in February and March, averaging 9.7 PPG and 4.9 RPG in 15 games (22.0 MPG) off the bench for the Thunder’s NBAGL affiliate.
The Thunder had an open two-way contract slot after promoting Moses Brown to the 15-man roster — Hoard will fill that opening, joining Josh Hall as Oklahoma City’s second two-way player.
The Thunder also made a change to their standard roster earlier today, waiving Justin Jackson and signing Justin Robinson to a 10-day deal.
Thunder need to sign him to a standard contract
@lukeadams if you were Presti would you promote him to a standard contract because I would. Can’t wait to get a response from youMr. Adams. You are one of my favorite writers
Don’t think there’s any urgency to do it yet — it might make more sense to take fliers on some other guys with that 15th roster spot. Hoard will be a restricted free agent in the summer, so they’ll be able to sign him to a standard deal at that point if they want to.
@lukeadams ok thank you I agree