Chaundee Brown signs two-way deal with Lakers
Although we certainly could have used him last night, it's great to see Chaundee getting a shot in the NBA. Signed a two-way deal with the Lakers yesterday. The Lakers waived Sekou Doumbouya to make room (sigh, Pistons). Another Wolverine in the NBA!
November 17th, 2021 at 4:19 PM ^
November 17th, 2021 at 4:23 PM ^
Brown and Smith are missed by this years team. Veteran leadership. Howard and company will get things going despite the fact there will be potholes along the way. March is a long ways off
Go Blue!
November 17th, 2021 at 4:28 PM ^
Lets go! Another UM player wins a championship with the Lakers? Can anyone name the last one?
November 17th, 2021 at 4:31 PM ^
Not sure what your answer is, but the correct answer is DJ Wilson.
EDIT: Oh, with the LAKERS. I read that to be just the last Wolverine to win an NBA Championship. Carry on Laker fan... :)
November 17th, 2021 at 4:45 PM ^
Heck man I was barely a fan of that team when he was even winning his championship there. I certainly havent been since. I did like the showtime lakers when not playing the Pistons though.
November 17th, 2021 at 5:06 PM ^
Ha, fair enough. So, as a recap, here are our NBA Champion Wolverines...
DJ Wilson 2021 Bucks
Juwan Howard 2012 and 2013 Heat
Glen Rice 2000 Lakers
then....?
Mike McGee 82 and 85 Lakers.
This is right on the edge of my sentient basketball memory, and I don't remember McGee at all.
Wrap it up with
Cazzie Russell 70 Knicks
Bob Harrison on the Minneapolis Lakers
Lastly, Duncan and the 2020 Bubble Heat came as close as any Wolverine to having an impactful contributing role on an NBA Championship team.
November 19th, 2021 at 4:00 PM ^
McGee played shooting guard on some mediocre teams in Ann Arbor, but he was a great scorer. Owned school and (I think) B1G career scoring record when he left. Was a really good bench player (like 7th or 8th man) of some of the greatest teams in NBA history.
November 17th, 2021 at 4:32 PM ^
Surely doesn't have anything to do with your username on this website. Technically, though, isn't the answer Pelinka? I am guessing you meant a former player that was also a player on the roster, though...
November 17th, 2021 at 4:43 PM ^
Not so fast my friend.
November 17th, 2021 at 4:49 PM ^
Glen Rice
November 17th, 2021 at 4:56 PM ^
Great news! He's a guy that's easy to root for!
November 17th, 2021 at 5:00 PM ^
Chaundee’s great I wish him nothing but the best.
November 17th, 2021 at 5:51 PM ^
Good for him.
November 17th, 2021 at 6:17 PM ^
Chaundee fills a position of need for the Lakers right now - which is to say, a pair of young legs who can run and kindasorta defend NBA wings. Our injury situation is comical right now: of the 2/3-shaped pieces on the roster, Austin Reaves (who has been a pleasant G-League surprise) is out with a hammy, Kendrick Nunn is probably out AT LEAST another month, Talen Horton-Tucker just played his first few games of this season, Trevor Ariza probably isn't coming back until 2022, and LeBron is load-managing (he could play, but they're understandably going to let him rest all he wants)
So it's a break glass in case of emergency situation - and that's not a knock on Chaundee, he can do enough things okay-to-well that the team needs and Lebron has made worse players look better. I'm hoping he punches over his weight class and proves his way onto the rotation and not just because every other '3' is injured.
November 17th, 2021 at 7:05 PM ^
Nice!
November 17th, 2021 at 8:42 PM ^
Fantastic opportunity for him. I'll always be greatful for his contribution in 2020-21 and rooting for him to do well in the NBA.
November 17th, 2021 at 11:41 PM ^
I'm very pleased to hear this! Chaundee and MAAR were a couple of my recent favorite players.