Larry Nance Jr. is coming off a productive season with the New Orleans Pelicans.
The nine-year NBA veteran averaged 5.7 factors, 5.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals per sport whereas capturing 57.3 p.c from the sphere in 61 video games.
Throughout the offseason, Nance Jr. was traded to the Atlanta Hawks (as a part of the Dejounte Murray deal).
By way of the Atlanta Hawks on July 6: “We acquired Dyson Daniels, EJ Liddell, Larry Nance Jr., Cody Zeller and a pair of future first-round draft picks in trade for Dejounte Murray.”
We acquired Dyson Daniels, EJ Liddell, Larry Nance Jr., Cody Zeller and a pair of future first-round draft picks in trade for Dejounte Murray.
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— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) July 6, 2024
Not too long ago, Nance Jr. spoke in regards to the commerce throughout an look on The Hoop Collective Podcast.
He revealed a particularly shocking element.
Nance Jr.: “Out of 30 groups, I in all probability know three or 4 folks, gamers from each staff besides the Hawks. That’s the one staff I’ve by no means had any dealings with earlier than. I am going over there and say, ‘How’s it going? I’m Larry.’ We’ll see the place it goes.”
Nance Jr. will carry quite a lot of expertise to a younger Hawks staff.
Throughout his 9 seasons, he performed for the Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Pelicans and Portland Path Blazers.
His profession averages are 7.7 factors, 6.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per sport whereas capturing 54.0 p.c from the sphere and 34.2 p.c from three-point vary in 522 common season video games.
The Hawks are coming off a yr the place they completed tenth within the Japanese Convention with a 36-46 document.
They missed the NBA playoffs for the primary time since 2020.
