DECEMBER 3: The Sixers have officially signed Nance and waived Quinones, the team announced today in a press release.
DECEMBER 2: The Sixers have agreed to a two-way contract with Pete Nance, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps tweets.
Nance is the younger brother of veteran NBA forward Larry Nance Jr. Pete has played eight games this season in the G League’s Showcase Cup for the Cleveland Charge, the Cavaliers’ affiliate. He’s averaging 18.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 blocks per contest.
The 6’10” Nance also played in the NBAGL for most of last season. He made eight NBA appearances with the Cavs but averaged just 3.4 minutes in those games.
Nance participated in camp with the Cavs this fall, but was waived in October. He signed a two-way contract with Cleveland in February but wasn’t offered another one. He went undrafted in 2023.
With centers Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond sidelined by injuries and — in Embiid’s case — personal reasons, the Sixers were seeking another frontcourt option in the short run.
As our two-way contract tracker shows, Philadelphia has three players currently signed to two-ways and will have to drop one of them to make room for Nance. According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link), the odd man out will be guard Lester Quinones.
Quinones, who has appeared in four games with the Sixers this season, signed a two-way contract in September after playing for Golden State last season.
Dec 2, 2024 Sixers 4-14………
That’s informative
Take it in two months time and this team will be around the 500 mark… definitely fighting for a top 6 birth by end of season…
Worry about your own team boss.
Man, Pete Nance is awful. Apparently his older brother soaked up all the genetic talent, because he has none. Every time I see him play, regardless of level, he looks like an inflatable car lot balloon, just flailing around.