The Toronto Raptors continue to stockpile native talent.
NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski reports Thursday that the Utah Jazz are finalizing a trade that will send center Kelly Olynyk and guard Ochai Agbaji to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Kira Lewis, Otto Porter, and a 2024 first-round pick.
Ahead of the 2024 NBA Trade Deadline, the Utah Jazz have traded big man Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji to the Toronto Raptors, per the latest NBA news.
The NBA’s February 8th trade deadline is just a week away and a couple big deals have already been made. OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam found new basketball zip codes so the Toronto Raptors can fanally jumpstart are rebuild.
Kira Lewis Jr. is coming back up. After a one-game stint with the Raptors 905 this week, the Toronto Raptors have opted to have Lewis rejoin the team ahead of Toronto’s homestand this week, the 905 announced.
On Thursday evening, the Toronto Raptors lost to the Chicago Bulls by a score of 116-110 (at home) in Canada. Kira Lewis Jr., who was recently acquired in a trade with the Indiana Pacers, was active but did not make his debut.
Kira Lewis Jr. is heading to the Raptors 905. The 22-year-old recently acquired point guard is going to begin his Toronto Raptors career in the G League, the team announced Friday.
The Indiana Pacers announced today that they have completed a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans that sends young guard Kira Lewis Jr to the Pacers. Lewis, a 2020 lottery pick, has been with the Pelicans for the last three-plus seasons.
Look out for the Pacers. Already one of the most fun teams in the league, their addition of forward Pascal Siakam makes them downright scary.
The Pacers and Raptors are finalizing an agreement on a trade that will send star forward Pascal Siakam to Indiana, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
There haven’t been many moments for Maxwell Lewis to show us what he can do at the NBA level. But he’s shown flashes of the promise and an ability to adapt his game into what the Lakers need in the future.
In the fast-paced realm of the NBA, young talents are often caught between the promise of potential and the need for the right environment to flourish.
Written by Ben Pfeifer Since Kira Lewis Jr. joined the New Orleans Pelicans in 2020, he’s played just 103 career games and 1480 total minutes. For context, six different Pelicans eclipsed Lewis’s career minutes total just last season.
The Pelicans might have a diamond sitting in the rough, though there’s a good chance they won’t be the team that potentially unearths Kira Lewis Jr. With
One NBA writer is proposing that the New Orleans Pelicans acquire Zach LaVine from the Chicago Bulls in a blockbuster trade. Lee Tran of Fadeaway World proposed that the Pelicans trade CJ McCollum, Dyson Daniels, Kira Lewis and two draft picks in 2024 to the Bulls for LaVine.
The 22-year-old point guard Lewis was the Pelicans’ lottery pick in 2020. But he hasn’t gotten his NBA career off the ground with just 5.8 points and 1.9 assists a game over three seasons with New Orleans.
Naji Marshall, Dyson Daniels and Kira Lewis Jr. should be placed in prominent roles The injury report has seemingly claimed a victim or two before every tip-off.
It’s an eight-game losing streak for New Orleans, but the offense may have found something Without Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum and Zion Williamson, expectations on the second night of a back-to-back in Milwaukee were low, but New Orleans fans were treated to a pleasant surprise.
Fresh legs would be helpful for a roster that’s been without key components for a period of time The New Orleans Pelicans are in the midst of their worst stretch of the season, having lost seven of their last 10 games.
Power forward Zion Williamson is showing a “new playmaking element to his game,” according to Ben Cotton of FOX Sports. Former NBA guard Antonio Daniels agreed.
A disabled player exception also doesn’t create an extra roster spot, so if New Orleans wants to make use of its DPE, it will need to have an open spot on its standard roster.
A DPE allows a team to sign a player without using cap space. If a player is seriously injured, his team can apply for the disabled player exception to replace him.
Last year's 13th overall pick out of the University of Alabama suffered the injury during the Pelicans' game against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.
Bledsoe is averaging 13.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game this season. Those are the worst numbers he has posted as a full-time starter.
As a sophomore at Alabama in 2019-20, Lewis averaged a team-high 18.5 PPG to go along with 5.2 APG, 4.8 RPG and 1.8 SPG in 31 games (37.6 MPG).
Lewis, a sophomore point guard who ranks 25th overall on ESPN’s big board, averaged a team-high 18.5 PPG to go along with 5.2 APG, 4.8 RPG, and 1.8 SPG in 31 games (37.6 MPG) in 2019-20.
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