The NBA’s Washington Wizards recently announced their 2018-19 training camp roster, and it includes former Tennessee basketball standout Jordan McRae (2010-14).
It had previously been reported that McRae signed a two-way contract with the team. Tennessee basketball legend Ernie Grunfeld (1973-77) is the Wizards’ President/General Manager.
Players on two-way contracts can join an NBA team for up to 45 days while spending the remainder of the season with that team’s G League (formerly known as the NBA D-League) affiliate. Washington’s affiliate is a new expansion team, the Capital City Go-Go.
McRae, who won an NBA Finals championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, has appeared in 59 career NBA contests, averaging 4.4 points per game. But his NBA scoring average “per 36 minutes” is an impressive 16.2 points.
His NBA 3-point percentage is a healthy .384.
The 27-year-old shooting guard was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 2014 NBA Draft and joined the Philadelphia 76ers via a draft-day trade. After high-scoring stints in the Australian NBL (Melbourne United) and the NBA D-League (Delaware 87ers), he made his NBA debut during the 2015-16 campaign with the Phoenix Suns. The Suns signed him to consecutive 10-day contracts before he joined the Cavs on a 10-day deal in February of 2016. Cleveland signed him to a multi-year contract later that season.
McRae helped power the Volunteers to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen as a senior in 2014. That spring, he received his Tennessee degree in Sociology/Criminal Justice.
-UT Athletics
