December 23, 2024

Wenyen Gabriel, a former player for the Grizzlies and Lakers.

After agreeing to a 10-day deal, Wenyen Gabriel recently participated in two games for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Despite shooting 50.0% from the field, he averaged 4.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.0 assist, and 1.0 steal a game.

A Puerto Rican team called Vaqueros de Bayamón announced on Monday that they have signed Gabriel (via Alberto De Roa of HoopsHype).

Gabriel was not selected in the 2018 NBA Draft while playing collegiate basketball for Kentucky.

He has spent a portion of five seasons as a player with the Brooklyn Nets, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans, and Memphis Grizzlies.

In 147 regular season games, he has averaged 4.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game while shooting 53.1% from the field and 31.4% from three-point range.

Gabriel played an important supporting role for the Lakers last season, averaging 5.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game on a shooting percentage of 59.6% from the field and 27.8% from three-point range across 68 games (two starts).

The Lakers, who started the NBA playoffs as the seventh seed in the Western Conference, defeated the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors in the first two rounds to advance to the Conference Finals.

 

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