Joe Jackson, an undrafted point guard out of the University of Memphis, is finalizing a free-agent contract with the Phoenix Suns, a league source told RealGM.
Jackson, 22, averaged 14.1 points, 4.5 assists and 3.6 rebounds in his senior year a season ago.
Despite going unselected in the June NBA draft, Jackson received interest as a second-round selection and then accepted an invitation to the Memphis Grizzlies’ summer league entry. The swift, 6-foot-0 product averaged 5.5 points on 46.2 percent shooting in four summer league games.
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Oh boy. I am so curious to see how McD will develop all of these pieces and assets into our hopefully very competitive roster within the next few years. It might be simple-hearted but I feel McD is a franchise architect and I believe he will do good if holds the reins long enough. I guess we should however understand that he is in control of a team for the first time in his career and that he should therefore be allowed to make a few (rookie) mistakes down the road...
How does roster building with the D-League work? Is there a way to retain a players rights while they play a season in the D-League? That's a portion of the CBA I have not read about yet.
INFORMER wrote:I like Joe Jackson. First Prather, now Jackson. Well done, Ryan.
Either would be a huge long-shot to make the roster.
That wasn't my point. I don't expect them to make the team. I just respect that they're bringing in quality guys to fill out their training camp roster. I don't know if they'll ever be NBA players, but I think there is something to be said about getting a look at these guys, coaching them up a little, and establishing a relationship with them. As they go through the D-League or pursue play overseas, maybe there comes a point where you can revisit their NBA potential and possibly making the regular season roster.
carey wrote:How does roster building with the D-League work? Is there a way to retain a players rights while they play a season in the D-League? That's a portion of the CBA I have not read about yet.
You can do what OKC did with Josh Huestis where you draft them and they forego signing an NBA contract and only in the D-league - in that case you keep their rights and they don't count as a roster spot or on your books. There's no way presently to sign a player to a "D-League only" contract via the NBA team while retaining their rights without that player counting towards your cap and taking up a roster spot.
Goran Dragic plans to opt-out, quickly resign next summer:
"Got a very interesting position with the club. Guess I'll break the contract and sign a new one," he said. "As I spoke [to the Suns], I immediately during the first week, when the market opens, sign and I will therefore be calm."
Ring_Wanted wrote:Almost the same things Bledsoe says.
Really? Seems like the opposite. Seems like he's saying that he's going to opt out and definitely re-sign. That he wants to be here. Which is far from similar to what Bledsoe has said and done to this point.
carey wrote:How does roster building with the D-League work? Is there a way to retain a players rights while they play a season in the D-League? That's a portion of the CBA I have not read about yet.
The Suns might actually want Dragic to hold off on signing his new deal. They may agree to a contract at the start of free agency, but his cap hold were almost surely be smaller than the first year salary of his new deal.
