Uthoff waived by Memphis Grizzlies on Oct 17 AFTER signing w/ them on Oct 16; heading to G League

[Franisdaman]

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Memphis Grizzlies sign Jarrod Uthoff
Grizzlies Waive Ahmad Caver
by Memphis Grizzlies
Posted: Oct 16, 2019

The Memphis Grizzlies announced today that the team signed forward Jarrod Uthoff. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. In addition, the team waived guard Ahmad Caver.

Uthoff (6-9, 221) has played two seasons in the NBA G League with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Raptors 905 and Texas Legends and has averaged 14.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 29.1 minutes in 87 games. Undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft following his collegiate career at the University of Iowa, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa native spent last season with BC Zenit Saint Petersburg in Russia and has made nine appearances for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2016-17 season.

Caver (6-2, 175) was named to the 2018-19 All-Conference USA First Team after averaging 16.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.43 steals in 37.6 minutes in 35 games (all starts) as a senior at Old Dominion. Undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft, the Atlanta native led the Big Blue to the 2019 Conference USA Championship and the 2019 NCAA Tournament and finished his collegiate career ranked eighth in conference history in assists (607) and 15th in steals (187).

https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/memphis-grizzlies-sign-jarrod-uthoff-191016

 

[BirdistheWord]

Still cannot figure this out, seems like a sure thing role player. Played pretty well for Mavs, then zip. Kind of a dead horse I know.

 

[Franisdaman]

There are 21 players currently on the Grizzlies roster.

They have to get down to 15.

Current Team Roster

NAME POS AGE HT WT COLLEGE SALARY

Grayson Allen3 SG 24 6' 5" 198 lbs Duke $2,429,400

Kyle Anderson1 SF 26 6' 9" 230 lbs UCLA $9,073,050

Dillon Brooks24 SG 23 6' 6" 220 lbs Oregon $1,618,520

Bruno Caboclo5 SF 24 6' 9" 218 lbs -- $1,845,301

Ahmad Caver4 G -- 6' 2" 175 lbs -- --

Brandon Clarke15 PF 23 6' 8" 210 lbs Gonzaga $2,478,840

Jae Crowder99 PF 29 6' 6" 235 lbs Marquette $7,815,533

Marko Guduric23 G 24 6' 6" 201 lbs -- $2,625,000

Solomon Hill44 SF 28 6' 7" 225 lbs Arizona $12,758,781

Andre Iguodala9 SG 35 6' 6" 215 lbs Arizona $17,185,185

Josh Jackson SG 22 6' 8" 207 lbs Kansas $7,059,480

Jaren Jackson Jr.13 PF 20 6' 11" 242 lbs Michigan State $6,927,480

 

[Franisdaman]

Tyus Jones21 PG 23 6' 2" 196 lbs Duke $9,258,000




John Konchar46 SG 23 6' 5" 210 lbs -- --




De'Anthony Melton0 SG 21 6' 4" 200 lbs USC $1,416,852




Ja Morant12 PG 20 6' 3" 175 lbs Murray State $8,730,240




Miles Plumlee25 C 31 6' 11" 249 lbs Duke $12,500,000




Ivan Rabb10 PF 22 6' 10" 220 lbs California $1,618,520




Jarrod Uthoff43 F 26 6' 9" 210 lbs Iowa --




Jonas Valanciunas17 C 27 7' 0" 265 lbs -- $16,000,000




Yuta Watanabe18 SG 25 6' 9" 205 lbs George Washington --

 

[CO_hawk]

Anybody see if Uthoff got in tonight?

 

[Legend12]

Anybody see if Uthoff got in tonight?

Played 7 mins....0-3 from 3, 2 rebounds.

 

[Franisdaman]

UPDATE:

 

[SDHawkDoc]

What's going on in that front office? Sign a guy then waive him the next day. What was the point of that?

 

[CO_hawk]

What's going on in that front office? Sign a guy then waive him the next day. What was the point of that?

Ya and he had the fewest minutes played last night, you'd think they'd do some research to Uthoffs abilities before signing him. Just a big waste of time, hope Jarrod's head is on right. That would be demoralizing.

 

[Legend12]

Ya and he had the fewest minutes played last night, you'd think they'd do some research to Uthoffs abilities before signing him. Just a big waste of time, hope Jarrod's head is on right. That would be demoralizing.

He is going to play for their G-League team, so it makes perfect sense.

 

[Franisdaman]

It's really hard to crack an NBA roster when you have:

* Only 30 teams, 15 roster spots/team, 450 total jobs

* Foreign players taking many of those 450 jobs

* Players in their 30's not retiring any time soon
because of the millions of dollars in salary involved

* Only 1st round draft picks get guaranteed contracts and guaranteed money; if you are picked in the 2nd round, there are no guarantees

* With most NBA rosters, you will see only one rookie on the roster and that is the team's 1st round draft pick. It is hard for players like Uthoff and Marble (who have bounced around for a few years) and Cook (a rookie) to land somewhere as a result.

 

[Eternal Return]

It's really hard to crack an NBA roster when you have:

* Only 30 teams, 15 roster spots/team, 450 total jobs

* Foreign players taking many of those 450 jobs

* Players in their 30's not retiring any time soon
because of the millions of dollars in salary involved

* Only 1st round draft picks get guaranteed contracts and guaranteed money; if you are picked in the 2nd round, there are no guarantees

* With most NBA rosters, you will see only one rookie on the roster and that is the team's 1st round draft pick. It is hard for players like Uthoff and Marble (who have bounced around for a few years) and Cook (a rookie) to land somewhere as a result.

This is why Ahmad Wagner made the right move to play football. He actually has a good chance to be drafted by an NFL team next year. Honestly, I'm surprised a lot more basketball guys like Wagner don't play football because there are so many more spots in the NFL available. If a guy isn't ranked in the top 20 of his class he's probably not going to make the NBA ... ever. I'm so surprised by how many college freshmen think they're eventually going to make it to the NBA. Like you said, there are thirty slots per year and about a third of those slots go to foreign players. So, 20 guys each year have a chance and most of them are freshman or sophomores. If you're not projected as a first round pick by your sophomore year, just stay in school, get your degree, then go to Europe for a few years to make some money and experience the world before "settling" for a regular job--or becoming an entrepreneur.

EDIT: On that level, I'm surprised Connor McCaffery hasn't chosen to dedicate himself full time to playing baseball.