Born Ready is back in the league as Atlanta Hawks sign Lance Stephenson for a 10-day contract
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Lance Stephenson who is also known as “Born Ready” for his magic at the offensive end has agreed on a 10-day contract with the Atlanta Hawks. Playing in the NBA-G League for a while with Grand Rapids Gold, Lance Stephenson showed the league he has still got it and doesn’t lack a inch behind with his old offensive potential and improved defense as he dropped crazy numbers and guarded the young guns with best of his efforts.
The scouts and General Managers of Atlanta Hawks spectating the veteran guard running his comeback run didn’t missed their opportunity and calling up Lance Stephenson signed him for a 10-day contract under the hardship exception of National Basketball Association. The Atlanta Hawks are currently ranked at 11th position in the eastern conference with the record of 14-15 [W-L].
The Atlanta Hawks made it to the Eastern Conference Finals last year and surprisingly are struggling in the regular season after a good paced start earlier. The COVID-19 outbreak in the league has also affected the Atlanta Hawks as multiple of their players and staffs including names like Trae Young and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope are side lined due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols of the league.
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Lance Stephenson’s comeback run to the league?
Lance Stephenson is yet to play a NBA game since his time with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2018-19 season where he averaged 7.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game while getting a average playing time of 16.5 minutes coming off the bench. One of his highlight of a ankle breaker and many others are still viral on the internet. The 31 year old veteran point guard averaged 26.7 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.1 steals per game during the 2019-2020 season for the Liaoning Flying Leopards in the China Basketball Association.
The only reason for Lance Stephenson to play in the NBA’s G-league was to make a run back to the league as he in a earlier interview of his said that he will be reinventing himself during his time in the G-league and indeed he did that getting called up by the Atlanta Hawks. Lance Stephenson averaged 19.8 points, 8 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 12 games with the Grand Rapids Gold, shooting 47.6% and averaging 35 minutes on the floor.
The COVID-19 outbreak has given a opportunity of proving himself to Lance Stephenson which he wanted from months to shut talks about him down and get a spot back in the league. This 10-days hardship exception contract of Lance Stephenson if does well with a good performance of his during the next matches where he will get plenty of playing time due to the team being short on players may land a guaranteed contract to Lance Stephenson.
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