| Thu Jul 19 2018 | 17:15 | Hawks request waivers on guard Jaylen Morris |
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have requested waivers on guard Jaylen Morris, who appeared in six games with the team last season.Morris averaged 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds in his brief time with the team.Morris, from Molloy College, signed two 10-day contracts with the Hawks before being signed to a multi-year deal on March 21. He helped add backcourt depth following a season-ending injury to Kent Bazemore.A waiver request allows a team to terminate a player's contract after other teams get a chance to claim it. |
| Thu Jul 5 2018 | 23:25 | Extra games can help some teams in the NBA summer grind |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Summer play is a grind for the Miami Heat.They like it that way.Miami is one of eight teams doubling up on summer leagues this year, and when the biggest one in NBA history opens on Friday in Las Vegas — all 30 franchises are sending a club to the primary summer league for the first time — the Heat think that getting three games under their belt already will be a big help.The first summer league hosted by the Sacramento Kings, the California Classic, came to a close Thursday. Golden State beat the Los Angeles Lakers 77-71, and Miami topped Sacramento 86-76.Play in the Utah Jazz Summer League also wrapped up Thursday, with San Antonio beating Memphis 94-87 and Utah beating Atlanta 92-87 in the finale — the memorable moment there being when Jazz guard Grayson Allen and Hawks guard Trae Young scuffled briefly in the third quarter .It was much ado about very little; Allen and Young both earned technical fouls.But it does speak to how seriously the players take the games at... [ More] |
| Wed Mar 21 2018 | 18:48 | Hawks sign rookie Jaylen Morris to multiyear deal |
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have signed rookie guard Jaylen Morris to a multiyear contract.Morris earned the deal after previously signing two 10-day contracts, the latter on March 11.Morris, from Molloy College, has averaged 4.7 points in six games with Atlanta. He averaged 12.6 points while starting 39 games for the Hawks' G League Erie affiliate.The signing comes one week after Atlanta signed another guard, Antonius Cleveland, who also played on two 10-day contracts.The Hawks needed additional backcourt depth after losing starter Kent Bazemore to a season-ending knee injury.___More NBA basketball: https://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball |