{"id":90590,"date":"2024-08-15T11:24:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=90590"},"modified":"2024-08-15T11:24:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T15:24:05","slug":"first-round-pick-skal-labissiere-using-g-league-to-make-nba-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/15\/first-round-pick-skal-labissiere-using-g-league-to-make-nba-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"First Round Pick Using G League To Make NBA Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Sean Cunningham of FOX40 News, former first-round pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/labissk01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skal Labissiere<\/a> will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n<p>An Exhibit 10 attachment allows teams to convert a player\u2019s one-year minimum contract into a two-way contract before the start of the season. They allow players to earn a bonus if they\u2019re waived by a team and sign to their G League affiliate, in this case the Stockton Kings, and remain with that team for 60 days.<\/p>\n<h2>First Round Pick Skal Labissiere Using G League To Make NBA Comeback<\/h2>\n<p>Sacramento only has two players \u2014rookie forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/crawfis01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Crawford<\/a> and forward-center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesis01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaac Jones<\/a> \u2014on two-way contracts. As a result, Labissiere could be in strong consideration for their remaining two-way slot. If not, it appears that he\u2019ll simply be waived before joining Stockton next season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Skal Labissiere will be returning to the Stockton Kings on an Exhibit 10, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>The former first round pick started his career with the Sacramento Kings in 2016. The 28 year-old returned to the organization last year &amp; was named to G League Up Next Game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanCunningham\/status\/1823826738205614231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last season, Labissiere averaged 16.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.7 blocks per game in the G League. At 6-foot-10, he made his living around the rim as a roller and cleaning up misses. However, he\u2019s also demonstrated solid playmaking and has the ability to score out to 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skal Labissiere 2023-24 Full Season Highlights | Stockton Kings\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qV04rEbymDQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As a reward for his play, he was selected to participate in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/01\/31\/g-league-up-next-game-rosters-revealed-prospect-overview-and-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">G League Up Next Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Will He Play For The Sacramento Kings Again?<\/h3>\n<p>Notably, Labissiere didn\u2019t receive a call-up from the Kings or any other organization last season. In fact, his last NBA game <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/08\/21\/nba-rumors-trail-blazers-and-kings-to-add-big-men-on-standard-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">was in 2019<\/a>, with the Portland Trail Blazers. That being said, the five-year gap makes it a bit difficult to fathom him making an NBA comeback in 2024-25. Nonetheless, he\u2019s the type of player teams don\u2019t mind keeping at the end of the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the simplicity of his role is the beauty of it. He\u2019s been effective in the pick-and-roll and as a shot-blocker, the bread-and-butter of big men. So, if the Kings \u2014or another squad \u2014wants to sign a traditional big man, he\u2019s not a bad option. Interestingly, several teams who could use such a player, namely Sacramento, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<h3>Skal\u2019s Symbolic Significance<\/h3>\n<p>Labissiere, now 28 years old, was selected by the Kings with the 28th overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft. Born in Port-au-Prince, he\u2019s just one of five Haitian-born players in NBA history. He\u2019s currently the only Haitian native signed to any type of NBA contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Sean Cunningham of FOX40 News, former first-round pick Skal Labissiere will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the Sacramento Kings. An Exhibit 10 attachment allows teams to convert a player\u2019s one-year minimum contract into a two-way contract before the start of the season. They allow players to earn a bonus if they\u2019re waived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":90650,"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":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1608,62,3],"tags":[297,1332,2428],"class_list":["post-90590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kings","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-nba-g-league","tag-skal-labissiere"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90590","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\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}