Northwest basketball’s all-time main scorer is headed to the Huge Apple.
The New York Knicks introduced Monday that they’ve signed former Wildcats guard Boo Buie to an Exhibit 10 contract.
Buie spent the summer time with the Phoenix Suns, the place he averaged 9 factors per recreation, two assists per recreation and 1.4 rebounds per recreation through the NBA2K25 Summer time League in Las Vegas.
The 24-year-old earned first-team All-Huge Ten honors final yr after guiding the Wildcats to their second straight March Insanity look. In his fifth yr with NU, Buie averaged 19 factors per recreation with 5 assists per recreation. He additionally gained the Driesell Left-Handed Defensive Participant of the 12 months Award.
Three NU alumni are actively taking part in within the NBA or its minor league system, the G-League. Guard Chase Audige is with the Windy Metropolis Bulls, the G-League affiliate of the Chicago Bulls. Ahead Pete Nance performs for the Cleveland Cavaliers and guard Pat Spencer is with the Golden State Warriors.
The Exhibit 10 deal is a one-year, non-guaranteed contract that enables a participant to affix a franchise for coaching camp and the preseason. If Buie makes the Knicks roster and is not launched earlier than Oct. 21 or his contract is transformed to a two-way contract, he’ll obtain the NBA minimal wage of $1.15 million. If he’s exempt however spends 60 days or extra with the Knicks’ G-League affiliate, he’ll obtain as much as $50,000.
The Knicks are at the moment within the NBA preseason, and Buie might probably take part of their preseason matchup with Washington on October 9.
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