Indiana Pacers Sign Trevelin Queen To Two-Way Contract

The Indiana Pacers introduced on Tuesday that they’ve signed guard/ahead Trevelin Queen to a two-way contract.

Queen, a 25-year outdated with one prior 12 months of NBA expertise, got here to Indiana simply two days after being waived by the Philadelphia 76ers in coaching camp. The Sixers needed to kind out a roster dimension crunch, and Queen was the primary casualty after getting injured early within the preseason. As soon as he cleared waivers on Tuesday, the Pacers scooped him up.

“He can rating. He’s a dynamic scorer. He’s a bucket getter, to be completely straight about it,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle stated of Queen. “It’s a chance for us to get a younger child that’s gifted.”

Queen went undrafted within the 2020 NBA Draft after attending New Mexico State. He latched on with the Houston Rockets for coaching camp that 12 months, however he was waived earlier than the season. He spent all of his first marketing campaign and the early parts of his second within the G League.

Throughout his second skilled season, the Rockets signed Queen to a two-way contract. He performed in ten video games for Houston as a rookie, averaging 4.3 factors and 1.6 rebounds per sport. Regardless of some normal struggles, Queen impressed together with his scoring potential, utilizing his athleticism to create seems to be for himself.

The 25-year outdated took off within the G League throughout his second season. With the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Queen averaged 25.3 factors per sport throughout the common season and put up strong rebounding and help numbers. He did just a little little bit of the whole lot, and his play was an enormous a part of the Vipers’ profitable season.

Rio Grande Valley went on to win the G League title that season, and Queen’s skills performed a serious half within the championship run. He was named the 2021-22 G League MVP for his efforts.

Now, he brings his athleticism and scoring to the Pacers. Indiana has said their need so as to add athletes and shooters to their new-look workforce, and Queen will be each with some small enhancements to his outdoors shot.

Queen provides depth on the two and three spots for the Pacers. Whereas the teen could also be higher suited as a two than a 3, he’s nonetheless tall sufficient to play on the wing, and the blue and gold desperately want depth at that place.

On a two-way deal, Queen will break up time between the Pacers and their G League affiliate franchise — the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. The Pacers have accomplished nicely creating expertise on two-way offers in current seasons, and Queen will hope to proceed that pattern.

The six-foot-six-inch guard will make simply over $500k on the two-way deal, precisely half of the NBA minimal wage. He obtained $330k from Philadelphia on his deal for this season, so the guard will make roughly $830k this 12 months if he finishes the season on his present two-way deal.

Carlisle defined that it’s unlikely Queen performs within the preseason for the Pacers as he recovers from a head damage and will get acclimated with a brand new franchise. He was in attendance for Indiana’s dwelling preseason opener versus the Knicks on Wednesday.

Queen provides to the Pacers lengthy listing of gamers 25 years outdated or youthful. The workforce is getting into a brand new period and is in a constructing 12 months with a number of inexperienced gamers. They’re hoping to ascend into the higher tier of the Jap Convention in future seasons.

Every NBA workforce is permitted to make use of a pair of two-way contract slots. Queen joins Kendall Brown because the Pacers two-way contract gamers. They may develop this season by splitting time between Indiana and Fort Wayne.

The Pacers roster now stands at 19 gamers. The offseason most a workforce can carry is 20, so Indiana may technically add one other participant if they’re so inclined. Nevertheless, the deadline to get their roster down to fifteen customary gamers plus two two-way gamers is early subsequent week, so the Pacers could choose to maintain their roster as is till cuts are essential. Indiana finalizes preseason play on Friday versus Queen’s outdated workforce, the Houston Rockets.