Yves Pons has a new team for NBA's Summer League

Kennedy Chandler and Yves Pons won't be teaming up for the Memphis Grizzlies during the NBA Summer League. Instead, Pons was announced as one of 12...

July 9, 2022
6:20 AM

Kennedy Chandler and Yves Pons won't be teaming up for the Memphis Grizzlies during the NBA Summer League. Instead, Pons was announced as one of 12 players on the Summer League roster of the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. The 6-foot-6, 215-pound Pons, a shot-blocking star and former SEC Defensive Player of the Year at Tennessee, played in 12 games for the Grizzlies last season, averaging 1.1 points and 1.0 rebounds in 5.9 minutes per game. In nine games with the G-League's Memphis Hustle last season, Pons averaged 9.