The Miami Warmth yesterday signed guard Delon Wright.
Wright, a nine-year NBA veteran, has appeared in 494 profession NBA video games (84 begins) and averaged 7.0 factors, 3.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.22 steals and 20.8 minutes whereas taking pictures 45.3 p.c from the sphere and 80.5 p.c from the foul line.
Per the South Florida Solar Sentinel, by “including Delon Wright the Warmth get wanted depth at level guard, with Rozier coping with a knee sprain and Richardson with a dislocated shoulder, with each to be out past the Warmth’s Feb. 23 return from their eight-day All-Star break. Wright first must clear the NBA 48-hour waiver interval after agreeing to a buyout from the lottery-bound Washington Wizards. It’s the second consecutive yr the Warmth have bolstered on the All-Star break, final yr including Kevin Love and Cody Zeller in the identical timeframe.”
The previous first spherical draft choose (twentieth general) in 2015 has totaled 337 steals off the bench since 2018-19, the second-most within the NBA by any reserve over that span. He completed final season averaging 1.84 steals per sport, the second-most within the NBA and simply forward of third-place finisher Jimmy Butler (1.83). His 18 video games with a minimum of three steals final season ranked because the fourth-most within the league. Wright has recorded 9 multi-steal video games this season, together with a season-high 5 takeaways on January 5 at Cleveland. He recorded his 600th profession steal on February 7 vs. Cleveland and dished out his 1,five hundredth profession help on January 15 vs. Detroit.
Moreover, Wright’s older brother Dorell was drafted by the HEAT within the first spherical (nineteenth general) within the 2004 Draft and was a member of Miami’s 2006 NBA Championship crew.
Wright will put on quantity 4.
