{"id":828904,"date":"2026-07-28T11:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/828904\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:01:14","slug":"josh-oduro-signs-with-melbourne-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/828904\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Oduro Signs With Melbourne United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pelicans big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/odurojo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-27_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Josh Oduro<\/a> is headed to Australia, having officially signed a one-year contract with Melbourne United, per a team <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melbourneutd.com.au\/news\/former-nba-big-man-josh-oduro-stands-united-for-nbl27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">press release<\/a> (hat tip to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OlgunUluc\/status\/2081922848818684079\" rel=\"nofollow\">Olgun Uluc of ESPN<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Josh-Oduro-vert-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-485936\"  \/>\u201cFrom everything I\u2019ve heard and seen, Melbourne looks like an amazing city, and I\u2019m excited to get on the court and give my all for United and our fans,\u201d Oduro said. \u201cI really like what Melbourne is about. The coaches have been great throughout this process and I\u2019m really excited for this roster and the teammates that I get to play with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oduro, 25, went undrafted in 2024 after playing four years of college basketball for George Mason and one for Providence. He spent 2024\/25 in the G League with the Pelicans\u2019 affiliate team after signing an Exhibit 10 deal with New Orleans to secure a bonus.<\/p>\n<p>After signing another Exhibit 10 contract and then being waived by New Orleans before the 2025\/26 campaign began, Oduro again spent most of his his second professional season in the NBAGL, averaging 15.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.1 steals in 43 games (29.3 minutes per contest).<\/p>\n<p>A 6\u20199\u2033 forward\/center, Oduro was promoted to a two-way contract in early March. He appeared in the Pelicans\u2019 final three games of last season, averaging 8.3 PPG and 7.7 RPG in 27.3 MPG. Now he\u2019ll be headed to Australia to join a Melbourne United team that also features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/inglejo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-27_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joe Ingles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/travelu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-27_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luke Travers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Pelicans big man Josh Oduro is headed to Australia, having officially signed a one-year contract with Melbourne&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,402240,85],"class_list":["post-828904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-josh-oduro","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}