Yesterday was Day 8 of the NBA Las Vegas Summer League, and four former NC State basketball players were in action, playing their final consolation game.
Two former NC State players started for the Timberwolves in their 73-78 loss to the Cavs.
Lorenzo Brown finished the Summer League strong with a 19 point(8-15 FG) performance. He also gathered 2 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 steals. I think Zo’s five game stretch in the Summer League are enough to solidify his spot on an NBA roster, even if the Timberwolves don’t pick up his contract for this year.
C.J. Williams started his third game for the Timberwolves, and had 5 points (2-4 FG) and 3 rebounds in 14 minutes.
Summer League Stats in 4 Summer League Games:
4.8 points (38.1 FG%)
C.J. Leslie played 5 minutes for the Kings in their 73-68 win over the Heat in their consolation game. He failed to score (0-4 FG) and grabbed one rebound.
Summer League Stats in 5 Summer League Games:
3.4 points (31.8 FG%) & 2 rebounds
Trevor Lacey failed to score in his 12 minutes of play in the Cavs 78-73 victory over the T-Wolves, but did manage to grab 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Summer League Stats in 5 Summer League Games:
4.6 points (33.3 FG%) & 2.2 rebounds
Today’s Schedule
TJ Warren and the Suns play the Bulla tonight in the Quarterfinals.
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Joiner earned 2nd Team All-ACC honors in his single season at NC State, averaging 17.0 points per game. He is expecting to attend a couple of more workouts. Joiner is projected as a late 2nd round pick, or as an undrafted free agent signee.
Former NC State All-American Shortstop Trea Turner has been en fuego representing the United States in the World Baseball Classic. He has helped lead the United States to the finals against Japan, which begins tonight at 7pm.
Turner currently is batting .368 through 5 games. Four of his seven hits have been home runs, which leads all batters in the World Baseball Classic.
Bradbury just wrapped up his 4-year Rookie contract worth $13 million. The Vikings decided not to pick up his 5th year option prior to last season, but they decided to go ahead and re-sign Bradbury, who has been their starter since entering the league.
The #Vikings have reached an agreement with C Garrett Bradbury for three years & $15.75 million, a source confirms to The Athletic. @MikeGarafolo was on it. Bradbury wanted to return all along. Respected immensely by Kirk Cousins, too. Minnesota's center is back.
Former NC State Wide Receiver Jakobi Meyers got paid yesterday, signing a 3-year deal with the Raiders worth $33 million, with $21 million of it guaranteed.
After going undrafted, Meyers signed with New England, and has been with the Pats the past 4 seasons. Last year was the first year that Meyers made over $1 million, earning $3.986 million on a 1-year contract. Now he will average $11 million a season over the next three years in Vegas.
Over 4 seasons, Meyers has 235 receptions for 2,758 yards and 8 touchdown receptions. Meyers earned this pay day, leading the Pats in receiving yards for the past three seasons consecutively.
