Jeff Ledbetter – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Jeff Ledbetter
SG – 6’3, 195lbs – Born 15th June 1988
Austin Spurs
Ledbetter started the season with the Spurs, going for his third consecutive season with the team, after also having appeared for San Antonio’s summer league team for two consecutive seasons. However, he stayed for only 19 games before leaving the team, seemingly unannounced, to return to Mexico and played with the Manzaneros de Cuauhtémoc. Ledbetter has been a good G-League player and solid pro mostly on account …
Corey Henderson – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Corey Henderson
SG – 6’5, 190lbs – Born 1st August 1995
Austin Spurs
Henderson’s first professional season started with a spot on the Austin roster for training camp via a local tryout, but was waived early when Nick Johnson became available to return. It appears as though he did not play elsewhere. Henderson is a particularly shooty shooting guard, with a .731% three-point rate as a senior, plenty of clutch baskets, and a propensity for shooting from Stephen Curry-range. He …
Jeff Coby – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Jeff Coby
PF – 6’8, 227lbs – Born 4th February 1994
Austin Spurs
Beginning his second professional season with an unexpected training camp contract from New York – admittedly lasting only seven days before being waived – Coby managed only one day longer than that with the Knicks’ G-League affiliate Westchester before being cut again. He was latterly picked up by the Spurs for a couple of weeks as cover for Travis Trice and John Holland while they went off …
Demetri McCamey – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Demetri McCamey
PG – 6’3, 205lbs – Born 21st February 1989
Austin Spurs
McCamey has spent three of the past four seasons with the Spurs now, yet the player he was as a senior at Illinois seems to be a thing of the past.
The McCamey of back then was an excellent spot-up shooter (an enormous 1.634 points per possession) who, while he did not move the opposing half court defence around like other lead guards out there, passed well …
Connor Burchfield – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Connor Burchfield
SG – 6’4, 180lbs – Born 6th April 1994
Austin Spurs
In his first professional season out of William and Mary, Burchfield moved around. He signed early with Juventus in Lithuania, was cut after two months just before the season began, was drafted by the Spurs with the penultimate pick in the first round of the G-League Draft, lasted two further months, before latterly spending 13 days with the Sioux Falls Skyforce and 11 days with the Greensboro …
Josh Huestis – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Josh Huestis
SF/PF – 6’7, 230lbs – Born 19th December 1991
Austin Spurs
Coming out of college, although he had scored 11.2 points per game as a senior, Huestis had yet to establish what kind of offensive player he was. Sometimes he played in the post, sometimes he spotted up from the perimeter, yet in neither case did he stand out. Instead, Huestis was a defence -first player, a rebounder and a shot blocker, who scored through cuts, put-backs and …
John Holland – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
John Holland
SG/SF – 6’5, 205lbs – Born 6th November 1988
Austin Spurs
Holland initially began this past season on the second year of the two-way contract with which he began the 2017-18 campaign, but was waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers in favour of Andrew Harrison. When Harrison himself was then replaced by Jaron Blossomgame a month later, it was largely Holland who filled Blossomgame’s spot with the Spurs. They do things quite differently, though.
Offensively minded, Holland is a …
Jordan Green – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Jordan Green
SG – 6’5, 191lbs – Born 5th May 1993
Austin Spurs
Since leaving the Texas A&M basketball team in 2015, Green has a spotty CV, barely playing save for a brief local tryout spot with the Erie BayHawks over his first two professional campaigns, before making the Spurs roster via the same tryout route to begin the 2017-18 season. That time, it worked, as Green has now been on the team for two full years.
In an era …
Amida Brimah – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Amida Brimah
C – 6’10, 230lbs – Born 11th February 1994
Austin Spurs
After four years at UConn, the book on Brimah was written a long time ago. Long, athletic shot blocker, looks smooth, limited offensively, prone to fouling. Given the prolific nature of his shot blocking ability, the question was whether he could iron out the kinks over time and maximise the value of this one unteachable skill. The answer thus far:….sort of.
Having completed his second consecutive season …
Devon Bookert – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Devon Bookert
PG – 6’3, 195lbs – Born 27th January 1993
Austin Spurs
In the three years since he graduated from Florida State, Bookert has spent two years on the cusp of the G-League, some time in the Czech Republic and one year unsigned. Twice he has been drafted – 75th overall by Rio Grande Valley last year, 42nd by Capital City this year – yet neither time has he made it out of camp. He was called up to …
Dejuan Blair – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Dejuan Blair
PF/C – 6’8, 270lbs – Born 22nd April 1989
Austin Spurs
Three years removed from his last stint in the NBA, and the veteran Blair is still trying to get back in it.
Blair has had short G-League stints in two of the last three seasons, yet this season he landed a spot only by going via the draft mechanism. Blair was drafted with the 107th pick in the 2018 G-League Draft; to put that into some context, …
Travis Bader – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Travis Bader
SG – 6’5, 190lbs – Born 2nd July 1991
Austin Spurs
Bader returned to the G-League this January after three and a half years away, time which he had spent in Lithuania, Italy and Greece. In his time away, he has actually been working to reduce his three-point rate. Whereas most players increase theirs over time, Bader – who came out of Oakland in 2014 as an out-and-out off-ball shooting specialist – has lowered his three-point rate from …
Terry Maston – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Terry Maston
SF/PF – 6’8, 225lbs – Born 4th September 1995
Agua Caliente Clippers
Picked up for a month after being waived by the team that drafted him, the Stockton Kings, Maston played only 3 minutes in 3 games before being waived. He latterly joined the Saint John Riptide in the NBL Canada, averaging 19.3 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.4 blocks and 2.7 turnovers in 31.5 minutes of 27 games to close out the season. With long arms, smooth …
Ryan Boatright – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Ryan Boatright
PG – 5’11, 170lbs – Born 27th December 1992
Agua Caliente Clippers
Boatright started the season with Agua Caliente through a local tryout spot, was traded to the Texas Legends in December for J.J. Avila, then left in January to finish the season with Unicaja Malaga in Spain. He played well for Malaga, averaging 7.3 points, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals in only 14 minutes per game in 8 ACB contests to close out the season, yet a …
Evan Taylor – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Evan Taylor
SG – 6’5, 204lbs – Born 11th April 1996
Agua Caliente Clippers
There is always plenty of room in the college game for the defensive specialist who rarely scores. Be it at point guard, on the wing or in the frontcourt, it is a fairly normal sight; after all, the talent thins out considerably after the top few teams, even in the lower ends of the power conferences. Such players are genuinely helpful, but their professional prognosis is …
Desi Rodriguez – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Desi Rodriguez
SF/PF – 6’6, 240lbs – Born 23rd March 1996
Agua Caliente Clippers
6’6 and 240lbs are not the usual sort of measurements you will see at this level. But then, Desi Rodriguez is not the usual sort of player.
A favourable interpretation of his skill set would highlight his versatility. Rodriguez can both face up and back down; while never the best spot-up jump shooter, and even less of one off the dribble, Rodriguez is nevertheless best when …
Tyler Roberson – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Tyler Roberson
PF – 6’9, 227lbs – Born 27th November 1994
Agua Caliente Clippers
Roberson rejoined the Clippers in January after having initially moved to Greece to begin the season, catching on with defending Basketball Champions League champions AEK Athens. If you or your loved ones fancy reading more about AEK Athens’ title defence and the compelling protagonists within it, then why not all gather around the fireside and read this scintillating piece of online content from a tremendous author …
Ray McCallum – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Ray McCallum
PG – 6’3, 190lbs – Born 12th June1991
Agua Caliente Clippers
McCallum joined the Clippers in February after beginning the season with Turkish team Darussafaka, with whom he had averaged 9.4 points and 4.1 assists per game in EuroLeague play, his second consecutive season in the world’s second-best league. Of course, his –24 net rating in EuroLeague play speaks to how well both his and Darussafaka’s season went up there; back in the EuroLeague after a year away, …
Marc Loving – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Marc Loving
SF/PF – 6’8, 220lbs – Born 16th September 1994
Agua Caliente Clippers
Loving has an enviable physical profile. Standing 6’8 with very long arms, he has a long languid stride, leaping ability and some straight-line speed, looking every inch the prototype NBA forward when measured solely athletically.
It is therefore a shame that he has yet to discover quite what to do with it. Loving’s game unfortunately is not so much categorised by that athleticism as it is …
Manu Lecomte – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Manu Lecomte
PG – 5’11, 175lbs – Born 16th August 1995
Agua Caliente Clippers
In Lecomte’s first professional season – one which subsequently saw him sign with Spanish team Murcia after the G-League season ended – Lecomte showed the same package of offensive skills he had for two years at Miami, two years at Baylor, and a decade with Belgium.
To overcome such a small stature relies upon great quickness and excellent shot-making ability. Lecomte has both, and to shoot …
Demarcus Holland – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Demarcus Holland
SG – 6’4, 179lbs – Born 2nd March 1994
Agua Caliente Clippers
Holland has just completed his second season of professional play, and his second in the GLeague after a full debut campaign with the South Bay Lakers that resulted in a summer league stint for the parent club. From an NBA point of view, there is a lot to like in his physical profile.
Despite being small for the shooting guard position, Holland is an excellent athlete …
Brandon Fields – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Brandon Fields
PG/SG – 6’4, 195lbs – Born 13th August 1988
Agua Caliente Clippers
After three years away, Fields came back to the G-League this season, perhaps looking for some stability in a professional career that has thus far taken him to about 176 different countries (give or take). Stability in turn is what he gave Agua Caliente this season at both guard positions.
Never the best shooter with that Eric Gordon-looking release of his, Fields spent more time …
Anthony Bennett – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Anthony Bennett
PF – 6’8, 235lbs – Born 14th March 1993
Agua Caliente Clippers
This may have been the year that Anthony Bennett finally became the player he could always have been.
Drafted on account of his perceived combination of size and perimeter skill, Bennett has over the last two seasons become an absolutely excellent shooter. That true shooting percentage of .721% is not being done through dunks. Rather, the vast majority of Bennett’s field goal attempts are jumpers, often …
Zach Lofton – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Zach Lofton
SG – 6’4, 180lbs – Born 18th November 1992
Grand Rapids Drive
After enrolling at five colleges in six seasons, Lofton began his professional career this summer with a summer league contract with the Pistons, one which subsequently turned into a training camp offer and then a two-way contract. Lofton impressed with a strong summer league performance, yet it must be noted that in his final college season with New Mexico State, he was genuinely very good. Then …
Jon Horford – 2018-19 G-League Player Profile
June 20th, 2019
Jon Horford
C – 6’10, 245lbs – Born 16th October 1991
Grand Rapids Drive
For some reason, as soon as he turned professional, Al’s brother became an exceptional rebounder. Over the 93 regular season games of G-League experience he has had over pieces of the last four seasons, he has averaged 6.7 rebounds in only 17.7 minutes per game. Given the much more sedentary rebounding rate of his four college seasons between Michigan and Florida, this is a significant increase, …
