Former Alabama standout on the move in NBA trade

Former Alabama standout JaMychal Inexperienced is becoming a member of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in an NBA commerce, ESPN reported on Monday.

The Denver Nuggets are sending the ahead and a 2027 first-round draft decide to the Thunder for the thirtieth alternative on this 12 months’s NBA Draft and two second-round picks in future drafts.

The Thunder nonetheless maintain the second and twelfth alternatives within the June 23 draft. The Nuggets even have the twenty first decide, however Denver doesn’t have a second-round alternative. Oklahoma Metropolis additionally has the fourth decide within the second spherical of the two-round occasion.

In his eighth NBA season, Inexperienced averaged 6.4 factors and 4.2 rebounds whereas taking part in 16.2 minutes in 67 video games for the Nuggets – his lowest averages since his first NBA season.

Inexperienced has a participant possibility on the ultimate season of his present contract, which can pay him $8.2 million for the 2022-23 marketing campaign if he workout routines the choice by June 20.

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Inexperienced led St. Jude in Montgomery to AHSAA Class A championships in 2006 and 2008. He earned Alabama’s Mr. Basketball Award as a senior, when he additionally was a McDonald’s All-American.

At Alabama, Inexperienced was a first-team All-SEC choice as a junior and a second-team decide as a senior. In 123 video games for the Crimson Tide, Inexperienced averaged 13.5 factors and seven.4 rebounds in 4 seasons.

Between his last recreation for Alabama — a 58-57 loss to Creighton within the NCAA tourney on March 16, 2012 — and his NBA debut on Jan. 18, 2015, Inexperienced went to coaching camp twice with the San Antonio Spurs and as soon as with the Los Angeles Clippers, participated in two NBA summer season league seasons in Las Vegas and performed in France and the NBA Improvement League.

Inexperienced joined the Spurs on a 10-day contract after he averaged 23.0 factors and 10.7 rebounds in 20 video games for the Austin Toros of the NBA Improvement League throughout the 2014-15 season. The Spurs saved him round with one other 10-day contract, and one other one adopted with the Memphis Grizzlies, a toehold within the NBA that led Memphis to signal him to a two-year extension, then a two-year deal earlier than the 2017-18 season.

On Feb. 7, 2019, the Grizzlies traded Inexperienced and Garrett Temple to the Los Angeles Clippers for Avery Bradley.

Inexperienced joined the Nuggets in free company earlier than the 2020-21 season.

Throughout his NBA profession, Inexperienced has performed in 487 regular-season video games and averaged 7.9 factors and 5.7 rebounds. He’s additionally performed in 49 postseason video games.

Amongst Alabama’s NBA alumni, Inexperienced ranks tenth in video games and eighth in rebounds with 2,781 in his profession.

Mark Inabinett is a sports activities reporter for Alabama Media Group. Observe him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.