Despite not being selected in the recent 2021 NBA draft, former University of Tennessee basketball player Yves Pons has signed with a team.
Pons, who played four seasons for the Volunteers, was signed to a NBA contract. He will continue to play in Tennessee with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Memphis officially signed the former Vol after he played three games in the NBA’s Salt Lake City Summer League last week.
Pons made one start for the Grizzlies in Utah.
He has yet to appear for Memphis in the NBA MGM Resorts summer league in Las Vegas, Nevada.
At Tennessee, Pons was a two-time member of the Southeastern Conference’s All-Defensive Team and the 2020 SEC Defensive Player of the Year.
The Grizzlies return to action Wednesday when they take on Miami at 5 p.m. EDT. The game will be televised on NBA TV.
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