Montrezl Harrell shall be staying put in Australia, with the previous NBA Sixth Man of the 12 months agreeing to signal with the Adelaide 36ers for the rest of the 2024-25 NBL season.
Harrell, who was initially signed as a short-term substitute for injured ahead Jarell Martin, has impressed with the 36ers, averaging 15.7 factors and 10.3 rebounds per sport.
Whereas Harrell remains to be trying to return to the NBA, he’s truly incentivised to stay within the NBL given his finest probability of securing a contract is to proceed performing for Adelaide to place himself able to sign up both February or March, relying if the 36ers qualify for the playoffs.
In the interim although, Harrell’s full focus is on the 36ers, who’ve began the season with a 3-3 report and needed to deactivate Alex Starling from the roster after agreeing to phrases with the 30-year-old energy ahead.
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“The organisation has proven nothing however love for me ever since I’ve arrived right here and I’m excited to see what we are able to do that season,” Harrell mentioned.
“We’ve been displaying some nice enchancment lately, and we have to hold constructing now and transferring ahead.”
Adelaide Government Chairman Grant Kelley, in the meantime, checked out Harrell’s signing as a coup extra broadly for the entire league.
“Trez is a superb signing for not just for 36er followers, members, and sponsors, but in addition for Aussie hoops followers typically, additional entrenching the NBL’s popularity because the second-best league on this planet,” Kelley mentioned.
36ers GM of Basketball Operations Matt Weston echoed related sentiments, declaring it a “nice end result” not only for Adelaide however the “total competitors”.