According to Wizard's Insider Jorge Castillo former Gonzaga star David Stockton has signed a contract with the NBA's Washington Wizards to play on their Training Camp Roster.
He played with the Phoenix Sun's summer league team as well as more recently with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz, so he's been getting some pretty good looks.
Although his contract with the Wizards is not guaranteed, he gets a shot at making the team. He will be battling five other signees, which include Daniel Orton and Marquette star Vander Blue during training camp as they battle for the last roster spot available.
Not the best odds for making the final roster but not many gave his father John Stockton much of a chance to make it in the NBA either, yet he became a perennial All-Star with the Utah Jazz and a Hall of Fame player.
Even though he is rather small for a prototypical NBA point guard, David has some of that grit and determination his father was known for. He is also very good at distributing the rock, finding the open man, being disruptive, and otherwise causing havoc on defense. So who knows, maybe he'll surprise us and stick.
In any event, pretty exciting times for a player who started out as a walk-on at Gonzaga. We will definitely be pulling for him to get that last roster spot!
4 comments:
That is great news! I'm sure pulling for him and I hope every Zag fan is doing the same.
Going from a walk-on that didn't get a single D1 offer to getting invites to NBA camps and getting some good looks is amazing. Hoping for the best. Go stocks!
Good to see ya around Steve!
Wall is oft injured. The backup point guard is 38 years old. I can see the Wizards offering him a contract and assigning him to D-league. Kind of an insurance policy on the cheap.
Good points.
I hadn't looked at it like that.
Not gonna hold my breath though, because he's like 5'10 160. He'd be "oft injured" playing in the NBA, and sitting right alongside Wall.
But...stranger things have happened.
Post a Comment