The Jazz will sign Blake Ahearn of the NBA Development League’s Reno Bighorns to a 10-day contract.
Ahearn is expected to practice on Tuesday and will travel with the Jazz when the team faces the Rockets on Wednesday.
A 2012 D-League All-Star selection, Ahearn (6-3, 190, Missouri State) appeared in 37 games, all starts, for the Bighorns this season, averaging 23.8 points, 5.1 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 37.5 minutes.
June 2012 Reno Bighorns Wiretap
Jazz To Sign Blake Ahearn To 10-Day Contract
Grizzlies Re-Assign Selby To Reno
The Memphis Grizzlies re-assigned guard Josh Selby to the Reno Bighorns, the Grizzlies’ NBA Development League affiliate. This marks the third and final assignment for Selby.
Selby (6-2, 183, Kansas) returns to the Bighorns having played in a six games during his previous two assignments in February and March, when he averaged 22.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 32.2 minutes. He registered a triple-double on March 30 vs. the Idaho Stampede, setting NBA D-League career highs in points (32), rebounds (10) and assists (10) on 10-of-17 shooting.