(MILWAUKEE BUCKS) – The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Taurean Prince.
A 6-6 forward, Prince has played in 502 games over the past eight seasons with Atlanta, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Minnesota and the LA Lakers and holds career NBA averages of 10.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 24.4 minutes per game. Selected with the 12th overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, the Baylor product and San Antonio native is a career 42.4% shooter from the field with a 37.6% mark from three.
Last season, Prince appeared in 78 games (49 starts) with the Lakers and averaged 8.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 27.0 minutes per game while shooting 44.2% from the field and 39.6% from three. He saw action in each of the Lakers’ five playoff games last season and overall has played in 21 career postseason contests, averaging 8.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 22.0 minutes per game while shooting 44.7% from the field and 31.8% from three.
Bucks sign Umude: The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Stanley Umude to a Two-Way contract.
A 6-6, 210-pound guard, Umude appeared in 24 games (2 starts) with the Detroit Pistons last season and averaged 5.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game while shooting 44.0% from the field and 45.3% from three. The University of Arkansas product began the season on a Two-Way contract with the Pistons before signing a standard NBA contract in February.
Umude, 25, also played in 28 games (22 starts) with the Pistons’ G League affiliate, the Motor City Cruise, last season and averaged 16.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 32.7 minutes per game. After going undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, he appeared in 43 games with the Cruise during the 2022-23 season and earned a 10-day contract with the Pistons during the season. That season with Motor City, Umude averaged 15.4 points in 27.5 minutes per contest.
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