NOVEMBER 22: Ferguson is no longer expected to finalize his deal with AEK Athens, according to Christos Tsaltas of Greek outlet SDNA. Instead, Ferguson is on track to join Lavrio BC, another club in Greece.
NOVEMBER 19: Former NBA wing Terrance Ferguson is expected to join Greek team AEK Athens, according to Dario Skerletic of Sportando.
Basketball writer/insider Luca D’Alessandro tweets that the team has been waiting for a “ban” to be lifted to make the signing official. Essentially, AEK Athens can’t officially finalize deals with new players until they’ve settled all debts with previous players, as Antigoni Zachari of EuroHoops detailed last month.
Ferguson, who is still just 23 years old, was selected by the Thunder with the 21st overall pick in the 2017 draft and played his first three seasons with the club, from 2017-20. During that time he started 124 out of 191 games and held averages of 4.5 PPG and 1.4 RPG in 20.7 MPG with a .406/.337/.753 shooting line. He spent last season with the Sixers, but couldn’t crack the team’s rotation and only appeared in 13 games for a total of 47 minutes.
Ferguson is an electric athlete and decent defender, but evidently was unable to develop his offensive skills enough to stick in the NBA after his rookie contract expired.
He showed flashes of potential with the Thunder, but was traded to the Sixers in the deal that sent Danny Green to the Sixers in exchange for Al Horford. He was later traded to the Knicks last March in a complicated move that brought George Hill to Philadelphia and involved several second-round picks, but was subsequently waived by the Knicks.
Another Presti gem. It’s only a matter of time before they draft another MVP, or two.
He was the 21st pick in the draft. What were you expecting? LOL
This guy is truly ridiculous. He has an obsession with Golden State, Marty, and bashing any former Rocket. He is more delusional than any of the other posters he criticizes. He conveniently ignores the perpetual dismal state of his Houston Rockets.
Bc the rockets haven’t missed on ANYONE in the past decade…..How’s Sam Dekker doing these days?
Considering they have had a total of 6 first round picks in the last 9 drafts, and 4 of those were this year, the Rockets haven’t been so bad in that department. Dekker didn’t work out, but Capela has been pretty good for the #25 pick. This year’s class could be special.
Rockets might win 9 games…
They won almost twice that number with only 72 games last season, and they had a 20-game losing streak in there as well. Houston should have little problem winning 9 games this season.
And Harden isn’t the reason Houston started 11-10 last season either. Harden only played in 8 of those first 21 games, and the team went 2-6 with him in the lineup. So in the other 13 games without Harden, the Rockets went 9-4 before all the injuries derailed them.
On second thought, after seeing how the Rockets played tonight in Boston, maybe they will have a hard time winning 9 games. These growing pains are excruciating, I can only hope they pay off in the long run.