Japanese chief Yuki Kawamura signed a contract with the Chicago Bulls after a strong efficiency by the NBA Las Vegas Summer time League, the workforce introduced on Saturday.
The 24 -year -old who made his NBA debut final season with Memphis performed 5 video games for the Bulls workforce in Vegas and picked up 10.2 factors, 6.2 assists, 2.4 rebounds and a couple of.2 interceptions per match.
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Kawamura has delivered 31 workforce assists, second by all Bulls summer time league gamers since no less than 2013, in keeping with the membership, and was one of many three gamers to make no less than no less than six assists and two interceptions of the summer time league recreation.
Final season, Kawamura collected a median of 1.6 factors and 0.9 assists on 22 bench video games for Memphis, with a greater efficiency of 12 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in opposition to Dallas on April 13.
To make room on the record, the Bulls launched the Jahmir Younger guard.
Earlier than coming to the NBA, Kawamura performed 5 seasons in Japan League B, the primary marketing campaign for San-en Neophoenix and the remaining for Yokohama B-Corsaires with profession averages of 16.7 factors, 7.3 assists and three.0 rebounds.
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Kawamura performed for Japan on the Paris Olympic Video games from final yr, the place he ranked third within the common classification with 20.3 factors per recreation and shared third with 7.7 assists per recreation, which makes him the one Olympian in Paris at 20 factors on common and 7 assists.
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