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SEPT. 17 BEST BACKUP POINT GUARD? September is truly the dog days of the NBA offseason. A month before the season commences, NBA content creators scramble for relevant content.
Sometimes, you have to reach for engagement. ClutchPoints posted a graphic for the best backup point guard in NBA history, T.J.
McConnell. The Philadelphia 76ers, not the Indiana Pacers' version of McConnell, is featured in the image, along with four other point guards. Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports The other point guards include Dallas Mavericks NBA champion J.
J. Barea, San Antonio Spurs Patty Mills, Goran Dragic of the Houston Rockets, and Shaun Livingston of the Golden State Warriors. McConnell averaged six points per game in 314 games with the 76ers, one more game than he played with the Pacers.
Something smells fishy, and perhaps ClutchPoints are fishing for engagement. Who’s your favorite backup PG in NBA history? 🤔⬇️ pic.twitter.
com/rP4jspBHlh AUG. 9 BOSTON CAN'T RE-SIGN EVERYONE The Utah Jazz needed to reach the salary floor, as they needed to spend 93 percent of its salary cap space due to CBA rules. When the Jazz signed Lauri Markkanen to a contract extension worth $228 million, Danny Ainge still had room to sign one or two more players.
The Boston Celtics, on the other hand, can't pay everyone, as the 2024 NBA champions extended Jayson Tatum to the highest in league history. Aside from Tatum, Boston signed four other players to contract extensions. It was only time before the Celtics lost a player in free agency.
According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski , the Jazz signed former Celtics Svi Mykhailiuk to a four-year, $15 million deal..
