After reaching an agreement in July to sign him to a one-year contract, the Pacers finalized their deal with free agent center Amida Brimah today, tweets Scott Agness of The Athletic. With the signing, which Indiana confirmed in a press release, the team now has a full 20-man offseason roster.
Brimah, 25, went undrafted out of UConn in 2017 and appeared in 95 games for the G League’s Austin Spurs over the last two seasons. In 47 games in 2018/19, Brimah averaged 8.8 PPG, 8.2 RPG, and 2.9 BPG in 23.3 minutes per contest for San Antonio’s NBAGL affiliate. He earned G League All-Defensive honors for a second consecutive season.
More recently, Brimah appeared in six Summer League games for the Nets in Las Vegas in July, showing off his rim-protecting abilities by averaging 2.2 BPG in just 12.5 minutes per contest.
Because the Pacers already have 15 players with guaranteed salaries under contract, Brimah is unlikely to make the team’s regular season roster. Indiana’s own G League affiliate, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, recently acquired the big man’s NBAGL rights from Austin, per Adam Johnson of 2 Ways & 10 Days (Twitter link). That’s a signal that Brimah will likely end up as an affiliate player for the Pacers and figures to start the 2019/20 regular season in Fort Wayne.