By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Following the show he provided against USA Basketball in the friendly game played in London, South Sudan’s playmaker Carlik Jones may still have attracted some interest from the NBA.
According to Marc Stein, teams have still time before this upcoming Thursday to pursue him before his new deal with Partizan Belgrade, which has been in talks with the 2022-23 G-League MVP for some weeks now, takes full effect.
After averaging 20.4 points, 10.6 assists, and 4.6 rebounds per game at last year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup, he’s set to represent the South Sudanese national team in the Olympic Games in Paris.
Heading to the five-interlaced rings event, he dropped a triple-double of 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists against USA Basketball in the narrow 101-100 defeat by LeBron James and his teammates.
Partizan Belgrade has already announced the arrivals of both Iffe Lundberg and Frank Ntilikina to reinforce Zeljko Obradovic‘s backcourt following Kevin Punter’s departure to Barcelona.
League sources tell @TheSteinLine there is a brief window until Thursday for NBA teams to pursue South Sudan’s Carlik Jones before his new Partizan Belgrade deal takes full effect.
More on Jones after his triple-double vs. @usabasketball: https://t.co/SBz4gs70C2
📷: @SSBFed pic.twitter.com/n3IqSWoho6
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 21, 2024
PHOTO CREDIT: FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023