Tyler Dorsey penned his contract with the Atlanta Hawks

2017-07-14T22:15:30+00:00 2017-07-15T01:21:21+00:00.

Antonis Stroggylakis

14/Jul/17 22:15

Eurohoops.net

The Atlanta hawks officially announced the signing of Tyler Dorsey, their second-round pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Greek-American combo guard Tyler Dorsey is officially an NBA player since the Atlanta Hawks announced that he put his paper in the contract.

The deal of the former Oregon Ducks star with his new team has been reported to be of a two-year duration.

The announcement of the Hawks is as follows:

The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club has signed rookie guard Tyler Dorsey, it was announced today by General Manager and Head of Basketball Operations Travis Schlenk. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Dorsey, a second round pick (41st overall) by the Hawks in the 2017 NBA Draft, averaged 14.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 30.0 minutes (.467 FG%, .423 3FG%, .755 FT%) in 39 games (all starts) as a sophomore at Oregon during the Ducks’ run to the Final Four, earning Pac-12 Honorable Mention and Pac-12 All-Tournament Team honors.

As a freshman, the 6’5 Dorsey posted 13.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 30.1 minutes (.441 FG%, .406 3FG%, .712 FT%) in 36 outings (35 starts), and was named to Pac-12 All-Freshman and All-Tournament teams.  He finished his two-year career with averages of 14.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 30.0 minutes (.455 FG%, .416 3FG%, .732 FT%) in 75 games (74 starting assignments), while becoming the second Oregon player to go over 1,000 career points as a sophomore.

 

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