Perry Jones and Sheldon Mac are the latest players attempting NBA comebacks, agent Harrison Gaines tells Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (via Twitter). The two players will be entering the G League player pool.
Jones was the 28th overall pick of the 2012 draft for the Thunder and played three seasons with the team, last appearing in 2014/15. In 143 career games, Jones holds averages of 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds in 11.7 minutes.
The 29-year-old Mac appeared in 30 games for the Wizards in 2016/17, holding modest averages of 3.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 9.6 minutes per contest.
Here’s more from around the basketball world:
- Veteran forward Earl Clark has joined Miami’s G League squad, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. It was reported last week that Clark had signed a G League deal.
- The opportunities for players caused by COVID-19 absences are no laughing matter, write Jon Krawczynski and Jared Weiss of The Athletic. Krawczynski and Weiss note that Timberwolves players who’d been out of the team’s rotation (Jake Layman, Nathan Knight, Jaylen Nowell) or out of the NBA (Greg Monroe) are trying to make the most of their newfound minutes. “I’m not quitting,” Monroe said. “I believe I belong in the NBA. So I’ll just come out and play wherever it is, as hard as I can.”
- Michael Scotto of HoopsHype takes a behind the scenes look at what it’s like for players on hardship deals. Scotto spoke to Brandon Knight, Lance Stephenson and Joe Johnson about their new NBA opportunities.
- There was a slight change to the NBA’s COVID-19 isolation rules for players outside of a team environment, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. The change has no bearing on a return to team activities, so players who enter the health and safety protocols will still be required to remain away from the team for six days, unless they return two consecutive negative tests at least 24 hours apart.
Perry Jones is only 30 and has already taken mich critical fire, despite his lengthy absence. But he’s an underdog now and one has to wish him well. After knowing what transpired at Bayor starting about when he arrived there, possible HS payments to Jones is the least of Baylor’s offenses.
What happened there, if you’re not referring to the loans his AAU team gave to his parents that made him ineligible?
IDK, but he took a lot of crap at Baylor, and then in the NBA for lacking success.
If you remember that much, you likely remember the abuse he got… and if I was on a BB website then, probably one would be me. But he’s an underdog now, not someone the BB fanboys fall all over like he was.
I was working around the rape-culture cover-up strategy for sucess Baylor was developing at the time, which more or less worked, at the sacrice of reputation; but I did not find reference to that regarding Jones, except the claim Baylor was buying huge talent Jones.
I ‘m guessing the Jones story can partly explain why so many people were so cool on Evan Mobley, especially as a forward; he is a similar type of athlete… but Mobley aims higher and has better feet/calves and so forth.
Imagine being Perry.
Was treated like a star in college and high school.
Got drafted in the first round earning him some decent money. Then everyone realised he’s crap at NBA level. Disappears for over half a decade and now that the league is desolate for player decides you know what I’m only 30 I’ll make a come back.
10 day contracts are worth 150k minimum regardless if you play or not.
Dudes winning in life if he makes a 10 day deal and flips again
I thought that was a typo for Shelvin Mack