The Path Blazers didn’t need to maintain again Yongxi Cui after he obtained a greater supply from the Nets, Sean Highkin of Rose Backyard Report tweets.
Also called Jacky, Cui formally signed a two-way contract with the Nets on Friday. He had beforehand agreed to an Exhibit 10 take care of the Blazers however wasn’t formally signed.
If he’d come to camp in Portland he would have been competing for a two-way, in response to Highkin. When Nets supplied him one outright, Portland didn’t need to stand in the way in which of the undrafted rookie.
We’ve got extra from the Northwest Division:
- In a subscriber-only piece, Harrison Wind of Thednvr.com takes a take a look at how defenses will modify to the Nuggets’ beginning 5 with third-year guard Christian Braun changing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Braun appeared in all 82 regular-season video games final season however made simply 4 begins and solely performed 28 regular-season minutes with Denver’s different 4 starters on the court docket. Caldwell-Pope signed with the Magic early in free company.
- There’s been loads of discuss relating to the defensive affect of newcomers Alex Caruso and Isaiah Hartenstein on the Thunder. Nonetheless, their offensive contributions will probably be simply as key, Esfandiar Baraheni of Sportscasting.com writes. Caruso will assist them within the underrated roles of screener and secondary playmaking. Hartenstein’s stable screening and short-roll sport can even add to the flexibility of Oklahoma Metropolis’s offense.
- ICYMI, we took a glance at each Northwest Division groups’ roster as coaching camp approaches.
