Hornets signal Isaiah Wong to two-way contract

Simply minutes after the Hornets misplaced their fifth straight sport to the Hawks, Shams Charania introduced that the crew would signal Isaiah Wong to a two-way deal.

The Charlotte Hornets are signing guard Isaiah Wong to a two-way NBA cope with the G League’s Salt Lake Metropolis Stars, agent Darrell Comer of Tandem informed ESPN. Hornets add depth to wounds. Wong, a former second rounder, is averaging 24.1 factors within the G League this season.

– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 1, 2024

Rod Boone corroborated this report and added that two-way guard Jared Rhoden was waived to open the roster spot.

Corresponding record motion: #Hornets are waiving Jared Rhoden, based on league sources. He was on a two-way contract. https://t.co/2KEEDyTtaU

– Rod Boone (@rodboone) December 1, 2024

Wong was a second-round decide of the Indiana Pacers final season and spent all the season on a two-way contract with them. He was handed over within the offseason and ended up with the Salt Lake Metropolis Stars of the G League. In eight video games, he averaged 24.1 factors per sport whereas taking pictures 46.7% from the sphere and 42.1% from three. He had video games of 31, 35 and 41 factors throughout the younger G League season.

Hornets followers are doubtless considerably acquainted with Wong given his adorned profession within the ACC. The previous Miami Hurricane was a two-time All-ACC third-teamer and first-teamer and gained Participant of the 12 months as a senior within the 2022-23 season.

Wong offers the Hornets extra depth within the backcourt with LaMelo Ball and Tre Mann every a number of weeks. We’ll see if he is capable of see time on the courtroom with the Hornets or if his acquisition was extra of an insurance coverage transfer.

Rhoden had an excellent debut for the Swarm, however has been out for a few week with a shoulder harm (even the Swarm aren’t resistant to the Hornets harm bug). I do not know the main points of the harm, however apparently the crew felt they wanted to do one thing else with the double level.