BALTIMORE, Maryland – The Washington Wizards and former Morgan State standout Tiwian Kendley agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract on Monday.
Introduced in the NBA's most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement, Exhibit 10 contracts are one-year deals worth the minimum salary. They don't come with any compensation protection, but can include an optional bonus ranging from $5K to $50K.
Kendley, 23, played two college seasons at Morgan State and became the fastest Morgan State player to reach 1,000 career points in MSU's Division I history, finishing with 1,032 points in just 44 career games. He averaged 26.1 points per game and grabbed 4.0 rebounds and had 2.1 steals per game in his senior campaign.
The camp deal would allow the Wizards to designate the 6-foot-5 guard Kendley as an affiliate player in order to retain his G League rights if he's waived before the regular season.
Kendley averaged 9.0 PPG, 2.5 RPG and 2.0 APG in four summer league games with Washington (highlights here).
By signing this deal, Kendley will join former University of Florida guard Chris Chiozza as the two players that the Wizards will have signed under two-way deals. Both Kendley and Chiozza will attend Wizards training camp during the fall, they're both expected to be assigned to the G League's Capital City Go-Go when the NBA regular season is set begin.
The Wizards now have 19 players on their roster, including players on their camp roster, one shy of the limit. NBA teams can carry up to two two-way players during the regular season.
The Go-Go, like the Wizards, are owned and operated by Monumental Sports & Entertainment. They will play their 24 home games at a new, state-of-the-art venue on the campus of the former St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast Washington, D.C. set to open in 2018. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Events DC, and Monumental Sports & Entertainment have partnered to promote transformative community development in Ward 8 with the construction of the new arena, which will also serve as the practice facility for the Wizards and the home of the WNBA's Washington Mystics.
Morgan State basketball great Marvin "The Human Eraser" Webster is the only player who has played in the NBA.
Webster was drafted in the first round by both the NBA and ABA in 1975 and played 10 professional seasons. He played for the Denver Nuggets in the ABA and for the Seattle Supersonics and the New York Knicks in the NBA.
ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
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