The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed ahead Nae’Qwan Tomlin to a two-way contract, Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman introduced at present from Cleveland Clinic Courts.
In a associated transfer, the workforce has waived ahead JT Thor, who appeared in 9 video games this season for the Cavaliers and 24 video games (22 begins) with the Cleveland Cost. Thor was signed as a two-way participant with the Cavaliers on September 9.
Tomlin (6-8, 205) signed a 10-day contract with the workforce on February tenth and appeared in three video games for the Cavaliers. Tomlin has additionally appeared in 37 video games (23 begins) this season for the Cleveland Cost, the Cavaliers’ solely owned and operated NBA G League affiliate, averaging 15.6 factors, 6.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4 blocks in 28.4 minutes. On February seventh versus the Westchester Knicks, he scored a G-League career-high 37 factors on 13-24 (.541) capturing from the sphere, a career-high 5 made three-pointers to go together with 11 rebounds and 4 blocks in 41 minutes.
A local of Harlem, New York, Tomlin went undrafted after enjoying collegiately at Memphis (2023-24), Kansas State (2022-23), Chipola Faculty within the NJCAA (2020-22) and Monroe Neighborhood Faculty (2019-20). In 57 video games (45 begins) on the Division I degree, together with an Elite Eight look with Kansas State, he averaged 11.6 factors, 5.9 rebounds, 1.04 steals and 1.04 blocks in 27.0 minutes. Throughout his senior season at Memphis, Tomlin performed in 21 video games (11 begins) with averages of 14.1 factors on .601 capturing from the sphere, 6.0 rebounds and 1.14 blocks in 26.7 minutes. He additionally appeared in 5 video games as a member of the Cavaliers 2024 Summer season League workforce.
