Caleb Love turned his first weekend with the Delaware Blue Coats into a scoring showcase, pouring in 57 points over two games and taking over the fourth quarter Saturday.
Tag: G League
Tar Heels in pros: Wilson bounces back with 18; Ryan stays red-hot with 31 points; Davis hits 21
Caleb Wilson bounced back from his lowest-scoring game of the season, but the Chicago Bulls’ losing streak reached seven. In the G League, Cormac Ryan put together another big scoring night to with a 59-point weekend as the Wisconsin Herd swept two games.
Barnes, Davis head to Spurs camp with different challenges
Two Tar Heels enter San Antonio Spurs training camp at opposite ends of their careers. The Spurs released their 21-man training camp roster on Friday ahead of the start of camp on Tuesday. It included Harrison Barnes, a 14-year veteran entering his third season in San Antonio, and RJ Davis, who is fighting for a foothold in the NBA after a standout rookie year in the G League and a solid Summer League performance.
Ingram signs with Utah after two seasons with Spurs, mostly in G League
Harrison Ingram, the former North Carolina forward who spent most of his first two professional seasons with the Austin Spurs in the G League, signed with the Utah Jazz on Saturday, the team announced.
Tar Heels in pros: ‘Hungry’ Ryan pours in 21; Davis hits 28 in playoff loss; busy 3 days for Black
Cormac Ryan’s NBA career-high of 25 points last week has only made him “hungry as ever” to prove he deserves to stick at the NBA level. On a night that RJ Davis’ G League season ended with a flourish and frustration, Ryan showed again Sunday why he should stay in the NBA, with 21 points, three 3-pointers, four rebounds and three assists in the Bucks’ 131–115 home win over Memphis.
Tar Heels in pros: Ryan, Nance both have career-highs; Davis wins in G League playoffs; Ingram gets 29th double-double; Love back in NBA
Cormac Ryan and Pete Nance both set career NBA highs for Milwaukee on Wednesday night in the Bucks’ 119–113 loss at Houston, as RJ Davis’ South Bay Lakers advanced in the G League playoffs and Harrison Ingram produced his G League-best 29th double-double.
White ties season-high for streaking Hornets; Love nets season-high 33; 27th Ingram double-double
Coming home has meant coming off the bench for Coby White, but also playing his best basketball of the season for the streaking Charlotte Hornets. White scored a season-high 27 points once in 29 games this season for the Chicago Bulls, but has matched that twice in the last three games, all at home, and the Hornets have won four games in a row.
Tar Heels in pros: Love, Davis put up big numbers as they split two G League battles, with Love taking over in OT of second game
Four Marches after teaming up on a run to the Final Four for UNC, RJ Davis and Caleb Love battled for two games in the G League, with Love putting on an overtime show on Tuesday.
Tar Heels in pros: Barnes has big game in return; Sharpe’s productive season over; Davis, Love have big G League games
Harrison Barnes returned after missing five games with an ankle injury to produce one of his best games of the season, while a thumb injury ended a productive season for Day’Ron Sharpe and there were big game in the G League for RJ Davis and Caleb Love.
Black has career game for Wizards; Davis (hours after UNC honors him), Powell, Love have big G League games
In his fourth NBA start, Leaky Black had the best game of his career. Playing alongside Trae Young in the Washington Wizards’ backcourt, Black played 39 minutes, scoring 16 points and four 3-pointers, all career-highs, in their 122–112 home loss Thursday to the Utah Jazz.
Tar Heels in pros: Big White home debut, injuries to Barnes, Johnson, transitions for Powell, Ryan, Anthony
With Roy Williams watching on Saturday, Coby White scored 20 points in his home debut with the Charlotte Hornets during a week when Harrison Barnes’ consecutive games streak ended, Cameron Johnson got hurt, Drake Powell headed to the G League and Cormac Ryan got a two-way contract.
White’s Hornets debut vs. former team; transitions for Black, Love, Barnes; big games for Ryan, Ingram
The first week after the All-Star break has been a period of transition for a few former UNC players, with some positive and some negative outcomes. Coby White’s long wait to make his Charlotte Hornets debut finally ended; Leaky Black’s contract was converted to a two-way deal; Portland sent Caleb Love to the G League; Cole Anthony remains in limbo; and Harrison Barnes has settled into a reserve role.
Tar Heels in pros: Davis leads team to final at G League All-Star event; Ingram, Sharpe produce double-doubles
RJ Davis continued his outstanding season in the G League with an appearance Sunday in the league’s Up Next event in Los Angeles as part of NBA All-Star Weekend, leading his team to the championship of the four-team tournament.
Tar Heels in pros; Love on a roll with Blazers; White subject of trade rumors ahead of Thursday deadline
Caleb Love keeps stacking good games in his rookie season in Portland, including one of his most efficient nights of the season on Sunday.
RJ Davis follows up triple-double with 45 points, 6 3-pointers in 42-point win
It might be time for the Los Angeles Lakers to call up RJ Davis to the NBA. Davis followed up scoring 30 points in a triple-double on Thursday with a career-high 45 points in only 35 minutes on Saturday in the South Bay Lakers’ dominant 146–104 home victory over the Salt Lake City Stars at the UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo, Calif.