DECEMBER 4: Reed has officially signed a 10-day contract, the team’s PR department tweets.
DECEMBER 2: The Nuggets plan to sign forward Davon Reed via the hardship exception, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. The exception allows a team to add a 16th player to its standard “15-man” roster without waiving anyone.
Reed has been playing for the team’s new G League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Gold. Reed has NBA experience as a 2017 second-round pick. He appeared in 21 games for Phoenix during the 2017/18 season and 1o more for Indiana the following season. In seven games with the Gold, Reed has averaged 12.7 PPG, 6.6 RPG and 3.8 APG.
The Nuggets have been decimated in recent days by injuries and COVID-19 issues. Michael Porter Jr. underwent back surgery on Wednesday and is expected to miss the rest of the season. Jamal Murray and PJ Dozier are also sidelined with long-term injuries. Austin Rivers, Bones Hyland and Bol Bol are currently out of action after being placed under the league’s health and safety protocols.
As ESPN’s Bobby Marks noted (Twitter link), the Nuggets were able to apply for the hardship exception immediately since they had at least one player test positive for COVID-19 and three other players who have already missed three games with an injury and are deemed out for at least another two weeks.
Typically, NBA teams aren’t permitted to sign players to 10-day contracts until January 5, but the league tweaked its rules last season to allow them before then as long as they’re completed using the hardship exception. As such, Reed figures to get a 10-day deal.
Nuggets running Knicks out the Garden. Thibs looks like he’s about to lose it. Don’t get how you can’t get up for home gms. It’s like they Beach up at home.
Vucevic killed us
Jokic is killing us
Capela killed us
Ayton killed us
Turner killed us.
Knicks are a three happy team. Have forgotten what made us a good team. It might take a trade to wake this team up.
Knicks shot 40% and 30% from 3PT.
Seriously is Denver a defensive team. And
Denver shot 52.4% and 46.5% from 3PT
So did Kembas D have anything to do with this.
Bulls shot 49.4% and 38% from 3PT.
DeRozan shot 63.2% ok.
Did Kembas D have anything to do with this.
And these are two home gms. Where they got down by 20 early. Thibs better wake up. Go and get Grant or Turner. I’ve just about had it with Mitch.