76ers Officially Sign Former Forward for the Suns, His NBA Career Averages are as Follows…..
“Sources: The Philadelphia 76ers plan to sign forward Darius Bazley to a 10-day contract out of their NBA G League Delaware Blue Coats. Entering his fifth NBA season, Bazley is coming off a 38-point, 15-rebound game and averaging 21 PPG and 10 RPG as one of G League’s best.”
Bazley – just 23 years old – first entered the league with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2019 after being made the No. 23 overall pick (after being selected by the Jazz – then sent to Memphis – who traded him to OKC).
Bazley spent the first three-plus years of his career with the Thunder, becoming a starter for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.
He was traded to Phoenix last February for Dario Saric, a 2029 second-round pick and cash.
Bazley appeared in seven games for the Suns last season. He inked a deal with the G League’s Delaware Blue Coats back in December.
His NBA career averages are as follows: 9.1 PPG on 41.1% shooting from the field with 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per night.
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Patrick Beverley has warning for 76ers about his replacement
Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley is not exactly pleased with how his former team went about replacing him.
On the latest episode of “The Pat Bev Podcast,” Beverley’s co-host Adam Ferrone questioned whether the Philadelphia 76ers had planned to replace Beverley with Kyle Lowry well before actually making the move. Beverley did not really dismiss that notion, nor did he seem particularly upset about it. Instead, he decided to warn his former team about what was going to happen when the two teams meet.
“But I respect it, right? Doc (Rivers) came and got his guy. (Nick) Nurse went and got his guy, Kyle,” Beverley said. “But now, I see Nurse’s hand. I’m on Kyle’s a– when we play Philly, straight up. That’s just how it go, like ‘How dare you?’”
Beverley had previously suggested that 76ers GM Daryl Morey lied about not wanting to trade him. Morey’s alleged pledge came four days after Lowry was traded from Miami to Charlotte, and buyout speculation regarding Lowry started almost immediately, even though the move did not actually come until Feb. 11.
To Beverley, it may look like the 76ers lied to him while knowing all along that they wanted to replace him with Lowry, a favorite of coach Nick Nurse from their Raptors days. The Sixers traded Beverley to Milwaukee for Cameron Payne in addition to signing Lowry, though, so the reality may not be quite as simple.
The Bucks are scheduled to visit the 76ers on Sunday. That may make for an interesting matchup, though it is fair to wonder how much Lowry will even play, as he has not appeared in a game since Jan. 21.
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