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The Sacramento Kings have signed guard Emmanuel Mudiay to a 10-day contract, according to General Manager Monte McNair.
Selected as the seventh overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets, Mudiay has accrued career averages of 11.0 points (.401 FG%, .323 3pt%, .744 FT%), 2.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 23.9 minutes per game in 300 games (165 starts) with three teams: Denver (2015-18), New York (2017-18) and Utah (2019-20).
Look. Preseason starts tonight. Which means for the next week or so, there is going to be tons of speculation about which young players are ready for a breakout season.
Of course, players who were rookies last year and showed some skills are almost all expected to do better as NBA sophomores.
But what about guys who have been in the league for a few seasons, and haven’t shown the anticipated improvement, and need to step up sometime soon to keep themselves on the basketball map?
Here’s the New York Post on Knicks guard Emmanuel Mudiay:
Less turnovers. Less pounds.
That’s been point guard Emmanuel Mudiay’s modus operandi during the first week of Knicks training camp.
First-year coach David Fizdale said Mudiay has the lowest turnover rate of anyone during the first week of scrimmages. Mudiay’s loss of 10-15 pounds since the regular season finale has helped with stamina and adjusting to Fizdale’s fast offense.
He looks much improved so far from late last season when he didn’t make a big impression after the February trade with Denver.
Sounds reasonable. If he really did work hard enough to drop that much weight, maybe something is brewing.
Preseason begins tonight with Celtics vs Hornets.
Here’s the Denver Post blog reporting on a key young member of the Nuggets:
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The education of young Denver Nuggets point guard Emmanuel Mudiay will likely continue in Las Vegas this July as a member of the team’s summer league roster, head coach Michael Malone said.
And if that’s the case, it’s fine by Mudiay.
“I don’t have a preference,” Mudiay said. “Regardless, I’m just going to work on my game.”
The rookie had an up-and-down season, but did appear to improve over time. In March, Mudiay averaged 15.8 points, 4.8 assists, 3.9 rebounds and shot 39.1 percent from the field, including 38.9 percent from the 3-point line.