SHENYANG, CHINA – OCTOBER 28: Lance Stephenson from Liaoning Flying Leopards responds while attending … [+]
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Lance Stephenson, Michael Beasley and Jeremy Lin all sign with the NBA G League, according to Stadium’s Shams Charania.
The G League Draft is set for Monday.
Stephenson, 30, was “99 percent” ready to sign a contract with the Indiana Pacers before the outbreak hit in March, but was not allowed to sign with the league after the first half of this season. consumption in China.
“Yeah, definitely, I wanted to play in Orlando,” Stephenson told Forbes in July.
Stephenson, known as “Born Ready” when he starred at Brooklyn Lincoln High School before a one-on-one year at Cincinnati, last played in the NBA with the Lakers in 2019. He has a career average of 8.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 508 career games.
“Lance 100 percent deserves to be in the NBA as a rotating lad, not just a team,” his substitute Reggie Brown said in July. “Whatever his NBA career was going on, he would accept it but he definitely belongs in the NBA. It’s not even close.
“It’s an amazing version of itself. His leap view has come a long way. It really shoots the ball really well, and I think that was the only piece that was needed to have a round game to the way teams are playing now. You need to have that three member and got it and it can defend a number of positions. The man, can play two or three and can play a mini-ball like Draymond Green, but I think it will be a better offensive version of Draymond Green. ”
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Beasley, 31, last played in the NBA with the Lakers in the 2018-19 season, earning an average of 7.0 points and 2.3 rebounds in 26 games. He signed with the Nets in July for Orlando Bubble, but never played after a positive test for Covid-19.
In 609 career games over 11 NBA seasons with Miami (2008-10, 2013-14, 2015), Minnesota (2010-12), Phoenix (2012-13), Houston (2016), Milwaukee (2016-17), New York (2017-18) and the LA Lakers (2018-19), averaged 12.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 22.8 minutes per game while shooting 46.5 percent off the field, 34.9 percent from the 3-point range and 75.9 percent from the free throw line.
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Lin signs with the Warriors G League club, the Santa Cruz Warriors, every Stadium.
The Warriors were unable last month to sign Lin to their G League team after failing to receive an official FIBA Abduction Letter before the deadline, according to Mercury News.
Lin, 32, played in the G League during the 2010-11 season for the Reno Bighorns before signing for Golden State. He went on to play for several NBA teams, including the Knicks, where he starred during “Linsanity”, the Rockets, Lakers, Hornets, Nets, Hawks and Raptors. He won an NBA title with the Raptors in 2019 before spending last season with the Beijing Ducks in China, averaging 22.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists while leading the Ducks to their first postseason since 2016.