Michigan’s DeVante’ Jones signs with Oklahoma City Thunder

DeVante’ Jones, Michigan’s start line guard final season, will play within the NBA Summer time League for the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder.

His father, Troy, shared the information with MLive on Wednesday (June 29).

Oklahoma Metropolis will take part within the Salt Lake Metropolis portion of Summer time League, which begins on Tuesday (July 5). The Thunder will play three video games as a part of a round-robin with the Memphis Grizzlies, Philadelphia 76ers, and Utah Jazz.

Summer time League will proceed with all 30 groups gathering in Las Vegas from July 7-17. The video games will present Jones an opportunity to make an impression and maybe catch on with an NBA crew.

Jones’ backcourt mate at Michigan, Eli Brooks, may also play within the Summer time League, with the Indiana Pacers. Michigan’s two draft picks this yr, Moussa Diabaté (Los Angeles Clippers) and Caleb Houstan (Orlando Magic), determine to swimsuit up as properly.

The 6-foot-1 Jones began 33 video games for Michigan this previous season after transferring from Coastal Carolina. He averaged a team-best 4.6 assists per recreation whereas including 10.3 factors and 4.5 rebounds (each third greatest).

He began each recreation till the NCAA Match opener towards Colorado State, which he missed attributable to a concussion sustained in apply. He returned for the second-round recreation, a win over Tennessee, however was restricted to only 12 minutes. He began and performed 31 minutes in a Candy 16 loss to Villanova.

Jones redshirted his first yr at Coastal Carolina earlier than enjoying three seasons there as a beginning guard.

He had a robust efficiency on the Portsmouth Invitational Match, a showcase for NBA hopefuls, in April.