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Nash: Clarkson’s Personality, Work Ethic Brings Success
(Steve) Nash, who spent quite a bit of time with (Los Angeles Lakers Jordan) Clarkson, raved about the 23-year-old’s work ethic and personality in an interview with LakersNation.com at the Harold & Carole Pump Foundation gala.
“I think he’s very humble and hard working, but he has confidence. He has that security in himself to say, ‘Okay, I don’t know everything, I’m going to learn where I can, and try to get better and use every tool.’ He has a lot of wisdom for a young player.”
Nash attributes Clarkson’s success to his “work ethic and personality” and only expects it to grow.
Source: Serena Winters of Lakers Nation
The Indiana Pacers and free agent forward Jarrod Uthoff have agreed to a one-year, partially guaranteed deal, a league source told Basketball Insiders.
Uthoff, who shot 46 percent from beyond the arc in the G-league last year before being called up by the Dallas Mavericks, gives Indiana 20 players heading into training camp.
Uthoff passed on EuroLeague offers as well as offers from three other NBA teams, Basketball Insiders has learned.
The 24-year-old forward averaged 4.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game while playing in nine games for the Mavericks last season.
For more information on Indiana’s salary cap and roster situation, click here.
Source: Jarrod Uthoff, who shot 46% from 3 in the G-league last year before being called up by Dallas, has agreed to a deal with the Pacers.
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) September 21, 2017
Minnesota’s Andrew Wiggins is progressing toward a five-year, $148M maximum extension, hopeful to sign soon, sources tell The Vertical.
Source: Shams Charania of The Vertical
Washington Wizards forward Markieff Morris is expected to miss approximately one month following surgery for a sports hernia, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Morris had participated in his normal offseason workout routine before experiencing pain late in the summer. The surgery’s delay, according to the Washington Post, is a result of an ongoing aggravated assault trial involving his twin brother Marcus Morris, as well as other family obligations.
Morris, 28, averaged 14.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last season for a Wizards team that fell one game shy of advancing to the Eastern Conference finals.
Source: ESPN
