{"id":97417,"date":"2024-09-24T17:46:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T21:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=97417"},"modified":"2024-09-24T17:46:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T21:46:28","slug":"cavs-news-cavs-invite-pete-nance-3-other-players-to-training-camp-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/24\/cavs-news-cavs-invite-pete-nance-3-other-players-to-training-camp-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers Invite 4 Players to Training Camp Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisFedor\/status\/1838607891110019285\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have invited<\/a>\u00a0forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/nancepe01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete Nance<\/a> and three other players to their training camp roster, according to a Tuesday tweet from Cleveland.com Cavs reporter Chris Fedor. Let&#8217;s dive into each player&#8217;s game and possible fit with the Cavs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cavs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cavs<\/a> training camp roster is set. They will have 21 players. Sources tell <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clevelanddotcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@clevelanddotcom<\/a> the four camp invites will be Pete Nance, Zhaire Smith, Jules Bernard and Jacob Gilyard \u2014 all four have signed Exhibit 10 deals. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/myVBWJpG04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/myVBWJpG04<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Fedor (@ChrisFedor) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisFedor\/status\/1838607891110019285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cavaliers Invite 4 Players to Training Camp Roster<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Pete Nance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Nance played sparingly during the eight games he suited up for the Cavs last season. <a href=\"https:\/\/gleague.nba.com\/player\/1631250\/pete-nance\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He averaged<\/a> 12.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game for the Cleveland Charge in 16 games played during the G League regular season and its Winter Showcase. The former North Carolina forward joined a Charge squad that included guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/coopesh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sharife Cooper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stats.gleague.nba.com\/player\/1630536\/?Season=2023-24&amp;SeasonType=Regular%20Season\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who averaged<\/a>\u00a017.6 points per contest in 15 regular season games played. Nance saw time in six games during this year&#8217;s NBA Summer League. He <a href=\"https:\/\/basketball.realgm.com\/nba\/summer\/1\/NBA-2K24-Summer-League\/53\/stats\/Cleveland-Cavaliers\/5\/2024\/points\/Summer_League\/desc\/1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">averaged<\/a>\u00a07.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest.<\/p>\n<h3>Zhaire Smith<\/h3>\n<p>Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithzh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zhaire Smith<\/a>, a former first-round pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, spent time\u00a0with the Charge during last year&#8217;s G League regular season. He scored a regular season-high 33 <a href=\"https:\/\/basketball.realgm.com\/player\/Zhaire-Smith\/Bests\/121978\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">points<\/a> during a March win over Raptors 905. The former Texas Tech guard played two seasons in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers. He played in 13 games and started in two.<\/p>\n<h3>Jules Bernard<\/h3>\n<p>Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bernaju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jules Bernard<\/a> played <a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/jules-bernard\/10521\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in 130 total games<\/a> for UCLA from 2018-22. The former Bruin <a href=\"https:\/\/stats.gleague.nba.com\/player\/1631262\/?Season=2023-24&amp;SeasonType=Regular%20Season\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has spent time<\/a> with the G League&#8217;s Capital City Go-Go over the previous two seasons. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/wizards\/news\/wizards-sign-jules-bernard-to-two-way-contract\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed a two-way contract<\/a> with the Washington Wizards last December. He played in 19 games for Washington, earning averages of 3.9 points per game on a 45.3% clip from the field.<\/p>\n<h3>Jacob Gilyard<\/h3>\n<p>Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gilyaja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Gilyard<\/a> has previously signed two-way contracts with the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets. The 5-foot-9 guard showed proficiency from the three-point line during the 42 games he played for both squads. He sports a career average of 40.3% from the three-point line on 3.1 attempts per game. Gilyard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/0022300687\/box-score\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">played in 22 minutes<\/a> during a February matchup with the Cavs at FedExForum. He hit two of his four three-point attempts off the bench, sinking two jumpers from the left corner and at the top of the arc.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word on the Cavs Additions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/17\/cleveland-cavaliers-keep-core-together-ahead-of-2024-25-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Cleveland has managed<\/a> to keep its core players on the roster through a number of offseason extensions. Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchdo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donovan Mitchell<\/a>, forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mobleev01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Mobley,<\/a> and center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allenja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrett Allen<\/a> all returned to a Cleveland roster that made the playoffs for the second year in a row. The Cavs will face off against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. EDT in Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for their first game of the NBA preseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers have invited\u00a0forward Pete Nance and three other players to their training camp roster, according to a Tuesday tweet from Cleveland.com Cavs reporter Chris Fedor. Let&#8217;s dive into each player&#8217;s game and possible fit with the Cavs. #Cavs training camp roster is set. They will have 21 players. Sources tell @clevelanddotcom the four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5294,"featured_media":97472,"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":[9,1608,62],"tags":[49643,526,1601],"class_list":["post-97417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cavaliers","category-basketball","category-nba","tag-jules-bernard","tag-larry-nance-jr","tag-zhaire-smith"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97417","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\/5294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}