Scott Agness: One day after the conclusion of their preseason, the Pacers waived Walt Lemon Jr., C.J. Wilcox and Amida Brimah. They will soon head to Fort Wayne and begin training camp with @TheMadAnts.
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CJ Wilcox
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Born: 12/30/90
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:201 lbs. / 91.2 kg.
Earnings: $3,556,290 ($4,400,157*)
Born: 12/30/90
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:201 lbs. / 91.2 kg.
Earnings: $3,556,290 ($4,400,157*)
Jason Anderson: Injury report for Kings. vs. Pacers Kings: OUT–Harry Giles III (left knee soreness), Tyler Ulis (right groin strain). Pacers: OUT–Victor Oladipo (right knee rehab), Goga Bitadze (right ankle sprain). QUESTIONABLE–TJ Leaf (right quad strain), CJ Wilcox (right quad strain).
When C.J. Wilcox tore his right Achilles tendon last September, he thought his basketball career was over. [….] But when the team’s official training camp roster was announced, Wilcox wasn’t on the list, ruled out for 2018-19 with season-ending surgery. In October, he was waived and Indiana signed Davon Reed. “When (the injury) first happened, I was kind of checked out,” Wilcox said. “I wanted to be done.”
Just as it looked as if the Pacers and Wilcox were ready to part ways, Indiana came to him with an offer he couldn’t refuse. “The first thing they said is, ‘Hey, we’ll help you rehab. We’ll take care of everything,’” Wilcox said. “How do I pass that up? The fact that they were going to do that also gave me the motivation to try to prove the statistics wrong and get back out here and show that I can still be an NBA-level player.”
The Indiana Pacers announced Monday they have signed forward Brian Bowen II to a two-way contract. In addition, the Pacers signed forward JaKeenan Gant and guard C.J. Wilcox to Exhibit 10 contracts.
Scott Agness: The Pacers waived C.J. Wilcox (torn right Achilles) and signed 6-6 guard Davon Reed to a two-way contract. He was a final camp cut by the Suns. They have 17 players under contract, including two two-way deals.
