Veteran big man Willie Reed, the top selection in this year’s G League draft by the Jazz’s G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars, has suffered a season-ending shoulder injury (link) that will foreclose any chance of the 28-year-old returning to the NBA this season.
Reed, who has played for four teams during his three-year NBA career, holds career averages of 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in 152 career contests.
It was noted last month that the Warriors evaluated signing Reed after losing backup big man Damian Jones to injury, so it’s possible that another team would have been interested in his services moving forward as well, especially considering the possibility of now being able to offer a 10-day deal.
In 21 games with the Stars this season, Reed posted impressive averages of 20.1 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game.
Damn that sucks. He probably should have had a shot with GS, the Lakers or Houston earlier on
I honestly thought Willie was gonna ball out this year hope he gets well soon.
Reed still has to serve a 6 game suspension, so I doubt any team would have signed him
tough way to go – was a it a labrum tear? that’ll take 1 yr recovery