The Orlando Magic have signed Jay Scrubb, who performs for the group’s Lakeland G League affiliate, to a two-way contract, a league supply confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel.
The Magic confirmed the Sentinel’s reporting, asserting Friday morning they signed Scrubb to a two-way deal.
They didn’t disclose the phrases of the deal, citing workforce coverage, however a supply informed the Sentinel that Scrubb’s deal is for 2 years — the rest of this season and the 2023-24 season.
Scrubb is Lakeland’s main scorer, averaging 22.1 factors, 5.8 rebounds and a pair of.2 assists in 27 video games within the G League this season.
He was on the Magic’s preseason roster earlier than becoming a member of Lakeland.
The fifty fifth choose within the 2020 draft, Scrubb has averaged 3.8 factors and 1.4 rebounds (9.3 minutes) in 22 NBA video games over the earlier two seasons — all with the L.A. Clippers.
Scrubb was named the 2019-20 National Junior College Athletic Association Player of the Year, turning into the primary junior school participant chosen within the NBA Draft since 2004.
He performed in 59 video games throughout two seasons at John A. Logan College (2018-20), a junior school in Carterville, Ill., averaging 21 factors, 7.9 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists whereas taking pictures 39.5% on 3s.
Scrubb joins Kevon Harris because the Magic’s two-way gamers and stays eligible to play for Lakeland.
Lakeland, which is vying for a spot within the Eastern Conference playoffs, performs its regular-season finale vs. the Iowa Wolves on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Magic have each roster spot for this season stuffed — a pair of two-way gamers and 15 gamers signed to plain offers.
Introduced through the 2017-18 season, two-way contracts are offers supposed for growth, with gamers going forwards and backwards between a franchise’s NBA workforce and G League affiliate. Only gamers with fewer than 4 years of NBA expertise can signal two-way contracts.
Two-way gamers have a 50-game restrict within the common season to be on their NBA workforce’s lively roster after the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association had scrapped that restrict in 2021-22 due to groups’ COVID-19 outbreaks.
The Magic (31-43), who’re coming off a house victory over the New York Knicks for his or her first profitable streak since Feb. 3-5, shut out their three-game homestand vs. the Brooklyn Nets (39-34) on Sunday at Amway Center.
The Nets, who’re on a five-game dropping streak, play the Heat in Miami on Saturday evening earlier than touring to Orlando.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at [email protected] or observe him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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