Rookie Tyrese Martin signed a two-year contract with the Hawks over the weekend. The second-round selection out of UConn signed for the minimum of $1,017,781 and the contract is only partially guaranteed for $450K, Hoops Rumors has learned. The second year of the contract ($1,719,864) is non-guaranteed.
Martin averaged 13.8 PPG, 3.6 RPG and 2.2 APG in five games at the Las Vegas Summer League.
We have more from the Eastern Conference:
- Bucks rookie MarJon Beauchamp delivered some solid Summer League performances, Eric Nehm of The Athletic writes, with his 3-point shooting standing out. However, it’s not always indicative of what will happen in the regular season, he adds. Nehm also breaks down the performances of two-way players Sandro Mamukelashvili and AJ Green.
- The Jazz hired Celtics assistant Will Hardy as their new head coach but Joe Mazzulla, another Boston assistant, was also a finalist for the position, Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe notes. He’ll now have a front-of-the-bench role due to Hardy’s departure. Jazz CEO and president of basketball operations Danny Ainge hired Mazzulla in 2018 out of the Division II ranks. “I just liked his presence,” Ainge said. “He just had a good way about him and how he developed players. … He just has a great way about him of pushing guys, holding them accountable, and letting them know this is a serious time.”
- The Spurs bounced back from losing the 2013 Finals to Miami to win the championship the following season. Retired Spurs star Tony Parker told The Athletic’s Jay King that the Celtics can use their loss in this year’s Finals as a motivational tool. “For me, the way we lost in 2013, it created what happened in 2014,” Parker said. “Maybe one of the best finals in NBA history. Maybe the best Spurs basketball that we played. In 2014, the way we played, the passing game, everything, we were maybe at the highest level of my whole career. It started with a tough loss in 2013.”
What does the current Celtics team have to do with the classic Spurs team?
If you read the article they were talking to Tony Parker…so obviously he’s gonna relate his time with the spurs to any teams current situation especially one coming off a finals loss. Try harder to be knowledgeable
Try harder to be knowledgeable? Obviously you have no knowledge of the spurs or the 2013 finals, because 22 Celtics have nothing in common with the 13 Spurs. Try harder to try harder
Or just get better at reading comprehension?
Nothing in common? How about they both lost a finals? OMG that was so easy.
Maybe stick with your Boston is racist thing you do? Seems to work for you.
Spurs lost in 7 games and from very significant moments, Ray Allen 3 and Duncan missing a point blank layup. It was series that could have gone either way. Obviously you didn’t watch it. Celtics were just flat out out matched, it’s not comparable. Maybe try actually watching basketball
My take is that the Celtics can play much better as a team. Sounds like Parker said the Spurs’ loss in 2013 made them focus more & play much better team ball the next year.
Go Celtics!
They definitely can. They were very sloppy this year and it’s shocking they even made it to the finals at all
They sloppy because they can’t dribble, JB, JT abd MS dribble of their toes
Ainge hired him from Fairmont State University, about 20 minutes south of WVU, where Mazzulla played for Bob Huggins and was on the final 4 team.
I graduated from Fairmont State. Joe was an assistant under Jared Calhoun, who guided the Falcons to the D2 title game before leaving for his alma mater, Youngstown St.
I also grew up in Rhode Island like Joe Mazzulla did, and got to talk with him about that coincidence a bit when I worked at the Fairmont Pizza Hut.