Tray Maddox Jr. returns from a year playing in the G League for the Cleveland Charge and Osceola Magic.
He finished the regular season with averages of 4.5 points and 1.0 assist per game while shooting 37.3 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range in 20 games.
Recently, the Charge announced that they had traded Maddox Jr. to the Long Island Nets.
Via The Cleveland Charge on August 29: “TRADE: We have sent the rights to G Tray Maddox to the Long Island Nets in exchange for the rights to G Trey McGowens”
TRADE: We sent the rights to G Tray Maddox to the Long Island Nets in exchange for the rights to G Trey McGowens #ChargeUp
— Cleveland Charge (@ChargeCLE) August 29, 2024
McGowens, on the other hand, spent the year with the College Park Skyhawks and the Long Island Nets.
He on average 10.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game on 50.6 percent shooting and 42.3 percent from three-point range in 14 G League regular-season games.
Trey McGowens 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨 pic.twitter.com/53EItxQ0wH
— Long Island Nets (@LongIslandNets) February 14, 2024
Neither player has appeared in an NBA game, so it will be interesting to see if either player gets a two-way (or 10-day) contract at some point during the 2024-25 season.
Trey McGowens 🤯 My God! @Raptors905 pic.twitter.com/SR7lv3lx3f
— NBA G League (@nbagleague) December 8, 2023
The Cavs are coming off a season where they were the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 48-34 record.
They lost to Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA playoffs (in five games).
The Long Island Nets have acquired the rights to 6-foot-6 point guard Tray Maddox, the 34th overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, from the Cleveland Charge in exchange for the rights to point guard Trey McGowens.
— NetsDaily (@NetsDaily) August 30, 2024
As for the Nets, they were the 11th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 32-50 record.
They missed the NBA playoffs for the first time since the 2018 season (six years ago).
