{"id":85565,"date":"2024-07-11T17:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=85565"},"modified":"2024-07-11T17:01:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:01:25","slug":"trail-blazers-agree-on-two-way-deal-with-former-hornets-player-bryce-mcgowens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/11\/trail-blazers-agree-on-two-way-deal-with-former-hornets-player-bryce-mcgowens\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers Agree On Two-Way Deal With Former Hornets Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/05\/30\/2024-nba-off-season-preview-whats-next-for-the-trail-blazers\/\" target=\"_self\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> have agreed on a two-way contract with shooting guard <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcgowbr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryce McGowens<\/a>. The 21-year-old had spent the first two seasons of his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/08\/hornets-roster-decision-resonates-throughout-nba\/\" target=\"_self\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent G Bryce McGowens has agreed on a two-way deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, Kyle McAlarney and Mark Bartelstein of <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrioritySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PrioritySports<\/a> tell ESPN. McGowens, 21, spent his first two seasons with Charlotte. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tBUCVF1sjL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tBUCVF1sjL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1811479420860821533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Trail Blazers Agree On Two-Way Deal With Former Hornets Player<\/h2>\n<h3>McGowens Has Been A Rotation Piece For Charlotte Most Of First Two Seasons<\/h3>\n<p>In the 2022 NBA Draft, the six-foot-seven McGowens was selected with the 40th overall pick in the second round by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/03\/minnesota-timberwolves-sign-10-year-nba-veteran\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>. He was traded to Charlotte for <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/minotjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Minott<\/a> (45th pick in 2022) and a 2023 second-round pick. McGowens had played one season at Nebraska where he posted averages of 16.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.4 assists.<\/p>\n<p>As a rookie in 2022-23, McGowens appeared in 46 games (seven starts) for the Hornets. In 17.1 minutes per contest, he finished with averages of 5.3 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists. His shooting numbers on the season were 39.6% from the field, 32.5% from three-point range, and 75.0% from the free-throw line. The <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.statmuse.com\/nba\/ask\/byrce-mcgowens-career-high\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-highest scoring outings<\/a> of McGowens&#8217; brief career came in the last month of the 2022-23 season. On April 9, 2023, he dropped 22 points against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/06\/previewing-the-cleveland-cavaliers-2024-summer-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>, and five days prior, he scored 20 against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/09\/toronto-raptors-likely-moving-on-from-6-year-veteran-gary-trent-jr\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Raptors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite receiving twice as many starts last season (14), McGowens saw his average playing time take a slight dip. He appeared in 59 games receiving 14.9 minutes per outing. His averages on the season consisted of 5.1 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 0.9 assists. His shooting numbers went up across the board at 43.9% from the field, 33.3% from beyond the arc, and 77.6% from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n<h3>Likely To Play In Trail Blazers Summer League<\/h3>\n<p>McGowens&#8217; signing to a two-way deal comes two days before <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/blazers\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland&#8217;s 2024 Summer League season<\/a> begins. They will be taking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/04\/spurs-spurred-to-complete-demar-derozan-sign-and-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Each team is allowed to have three players on a two-way deal. McGowens is now currently the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2024\/07\/2024-25-nba-two-way-contract-tracker.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second player for Portland<\/a> to be on a two-way deal. The other is <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/minayju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Minaya<\/a> who appeared in 34 games for the Trail Blazers last season. The team does have a lot of depth at the guard and wing positions which could make it challenging for McGowens to see regular minutes with the club. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hendesc01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scoot Henderson<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sharpsh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaedon Sharpe<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/simonan01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anfernee Simons<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thybuma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matisse Thybulle<\/a>, and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bantoda01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dalano Banton<\/a> look to be ahead of McGowens in the pecking order at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s a low-risk move for the Trail Blazers to bring him in on a two-way deal. The Hornets waived McGowens along with <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pokusal01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aleksej Pokusevski<\/a> last Saturday. Now, it&#8217;s up to McGowens to prove that he can be a mainstay in the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Portland Trail Blazers have agreed on a two-way contract with shooting guard Bryce McGowens. The 21-year-old had spent the first two seasons of his career with the Charlotte Hornets. Free agent G Bryce McGowens has agreed on a two-way deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, Kyle McAlarney and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":85588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1608,62,3],"tags":[49059,49354],"class_list":["post-85565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trailblazers","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-2024-nba-free-agents","tag-bryce-mcgowens"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}