{"id":97862,"date":"2024-09-26T13:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=97862"},"modified":"2025-10-30T23:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:11:35","slug":"hawks-sign-cebl-guard-to-exhibit-10-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/26\/hawks-sign-cebl-guard-to-exhibit-10-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks Sign CEBL Guard to Exhibit 10 Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Atlanta Hawks have signed former G League and CEBL guard\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/jordan-bowden-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jordan Bowden<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to an Exhibit 10 contract. The signing brings the guard back to the Hawks organization following a stint with their G League team last season. Bowden spent this summer split between the CEBL and playing for the Hawks&#8217; summer league team.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jordan Bowden Signs Exhibit 10 Contract With Hawks <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MOTtoclPWk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/MOTtoclPWk<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sARSB8oVus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sARSB8oVus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hoops Rumors (@HoopsRumors) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoopsRumors\/status\/1839298953134666035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Hawks Sign Jordan Bowden to Exhibit 10 Deal<\/h2>\n<h3>Atlanta Hawks Award Exhibit 10 Deal to Jordan Bowden<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this summer, the Montreal Alliance of the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced that Jordan Bowden would join the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/22\/hawks-bogdan-bogdanovic-individual-team-goals-2024-25\/\" target=\"_self\">Atlanta<\/a> Hawks on their summer league team in Las Vegas. As the upcoming NBA season is just weeks away from kickoff and training starts next week, the Hawks are bringing Bowden back on an Exhibit 10 contract.<\/p>\n<p>The contract gives Bowden another opportunity to play within the Hawks organization. Last season, the guard split time between two NBA G League teams, the College Park Skyhawks (Atlanta\u2019s affiliate) and the Maine Celtics (Boston\u2019s affiliate). In 25 regular season games representing both teams, Bowden <a href=\"https:\/\/gleague.nba.com\/player\/1630275\/jordan-bowden\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">averaged<\/a> 13.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. Bowden will most likely return to the Skyhawks with this new deal in Atlanta. However, anything is possible, and I\u2019m sure he would love a chance to see some playing time on an NBA floor.\u00a0Bowden has also played with the G League\u2019s Long Island Nets. In France, he spent time with SLUC Nancy Basket of the LNB Pro A.<\/p>\n<h3>Up To This Point\u2026<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bowden is a former Tennessee Volunteer who played NCAA college ball from 2016-20. During his four-year college stay, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/jordan-bowden-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">averaged<\/a> 10.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and shot 34.1% from three. He was part of two Volunteer appearances in the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/19\/carmelo-anthonys-son-among-3-top-2025-recruits-who-have-important-college-upcoming-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NCAA<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0tournament. Bowden has bounced around the G League following his college career. But he found another basketball opportunity in Canada\u2019s professional league, where he played for the Montreal Alliance. Before joining Atlanta in Las Vegas for summer league, Bowden was fourth in the Canadian league in points per game (18.5). He also averaged 4.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists while shooting 37.8% from the three-point line.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>CEBL Is Becoming a Solid Portal for NBA Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The pro-Canadian league has increasingly been turning into a productive portal for the NBA and G League in recent years. This bodes well for those players who are sometimes seeking a second or even third chance to play with an NBA organization. Since last summer, several CEBL journeymen have signed Exhibit 10 deals, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mooreta02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taze Moore<\/a> (Trail Blazers), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roweja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jackson Rowe<\/a> (Golden State), <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harklej01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elijah Harkless<\/a> (LA Clippers), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lawsoaj01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A.J. Lawson<\/a> (Dallas). Since the CEBL\u2019s birth, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.cebl.ca\/cebl-mvp-moore-signs-contract-with-nbas-portland-trail-blazers#:~:text=The%20full%20list%20of%20players,Xavier%20Sneed%2C%20DJ%20Steward%2C%20Christian\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at least 18 players have signed a deal<\/a> of some degree with an NBA organization and its G League affiliate.<\/p>\n<h3>As for the Hawks\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>The Hawks are coming off an offseason that saw them move on from\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrade01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dejounte Murray<\/a>. Murray had been paired with <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a> for the past two seasons in hopes of turning the Hawks into a contender. However, the duo never clicked fully, and Atlanta failed to achieve any playoff success. Following a first-round exit in Murray\u2019s first season, the team missed the playoffs completely last season. It feels like a decade ago, Young led the Hawks into the Eastern Conference finals against the Milwaukee Bucks.\u00a0Where the Hawks go from here with Young is still being determined. Over the past year, trade speculation has circled the three-time All-Star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Hawks have signed former G League and CEBL guard\u00a0Jordan Bowden\u00a0to an Exhibit 10 contract. The signing brings the guard back to the Hawks organization following a stint with their G League team last season. Bowden spent this summer split between the CEBL and playing for the Hawks&#8217; summer league team. 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