Tag: Kyler Edwards

Brooklyn Nets have requested waivers on Kyler Edwards and Scottie Lindsey

The Brooklyn Nets announced on Thursday that they have requested waivers on guards Kyler Edwards and Scottie Lindsey.

As most know, the Brooklyn Nets will be starting training camp next week as they begin the preparations for a season that hopefully extends beyond the regular-season. For the days leading up to the beginning of training camp, it appears that the team is trying to bolster its G League roster.

The Nets announced on Thursday that they have requested waivers on guards Kyler Edwards and Scottie Lindsey. This now brings Brooklyn’s total roster to 18 players, including two-ways in 2023 second-round pick Jalen Wilson and sharpshooter Armoni Brooks.

Edwards was signed on Sep. 25, the same day that Jordan Hall and Keifer Sykes were waived, and Lindsey was signed on Sep. 26. As of right now, it looks like all four players will be part of Brooklyn’s G League team, the Long Island Nets.

Once training camp begins, the Nets will be looking to see who will be in the rotation for this season and who may need to see a role/location change.

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Brooklyn Nets waive Jordan Hall and Keifer Sykes; sign Kyler Edwards

The Brooklyn Nets announced on Monday that they have requested waivers on Jordan Hall and Keifer Sykes and have signed Kyler Edwards.

The Brooklyn Nets are still in the process of tweaking their roster with training camp more than one week away and one of the moves appears to be undoing something that just recently happened.

The Nets announced two things on Monday. The first action was that they requested waivers on guards Jordan Hall and Keifer Sykes. On Sep. 20, Brooklyn made the announcement that they had signed the two guards and it appeared that both would get a chance to show what they could do during training camp.

The second move was that the Nets signed Kyler Edwards. Edwards, 24, came into the league as an undrafted free-agent out of the University of Houston during the 2022 NBA Draft. He spent the 2022-23 season playing in the G League for the Motor City Cruise, affiliate of the Detroit Pistons.

Edwards, standing at 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds, played 25 games for Motor City Cruise last season and averaged 12 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game while shooting 39.5% from the field and 35.2% from deep.

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Who falls in that range exactly …

Who falls in that range exactly involves more guesswork than most parts of the draft. Multiple people with knowledge of the Lakers’ draft workouts said they thought the last session on Tuesday – with Cole Swider, Fresno State’s Orlando Robinson and Houston’s Kyler Edwards among the standouts – was the best of the team’s eight publicly reported workouts. Some of the higher-rated prospects by various evaluators and media outlets who have passed through include Colorado’s Jabari Walker (son of former Laker Samaki Walker), Louisiana Tech’s Kenneth Lofton Jr., Purdue’s Trevion Williams and Gran Canaria’s Khalifa Diop.

Texas linked to a couple of Texas Tech players in the transfer portal

A pair Red Raiders in the transfer portal could find their way into joining Chris Beard at Texas.

After Chris Beard joined the Texas Longhorns basketball program, we all knew this meant what would look like a complete roster overhaul for both Texas and Texas Tech.

Royce Hamm and Donovan Williams both are on their way to UNLV, Kai Jones declared for the upcoming NBA Draft and there are still questions around many other players on the roster.

Texas Tech is also seeing roster unloading as Terrance Shannon is entering the NBA Draft and Mac McClung has since followed, while also entering the transfer portal.

Now it looks like another pair of Red Raiders are looking for a new home and Texas is in contention to land either or both.

Guards Micah Peavy and Kyler Edwards have both entered with transfer portal, with the Longhorns reaching out to both. 

Career Stats

Kyler Edwards – 8.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists per game. 43.1% FG, 38.4% from three

Micah Peavy – 5.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists per game. 45.9% FG

At this point, both players are still exploring the transfer portal and it’s all speculation. However, considering Peavy came to Texas Tech almost solely to play with Beard and that Edwards pulled his name out and re-entered it into the transfer portal in the time it took for Chris Beard’s staff to get built, it makes sense.

Both Peavy and Edwards know Beard, his system, and style. Don’t be surprised if he’s able to land both former Red Raiders before next season.