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The Winnipeg Sea Bears signed fan favourite Trevon Scott (left) on Saturday. The forward will be in the lineup as the club concludes its four-game road trip this week. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like we could do a lot for each other. I can help win games and bring a championship to Winnipeg, and they can just continue to put me in a position to win,\u201d Scott said after Tuesday\u2019s practice at the Sport for Life Centre. \u201cMe being able to showcase my skills and my maturity and what I\u2019m able to do on the basketball court, it\u2019s a win-win situation for me, and for the Sea Bears.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott captivated Sea Bears fans instantly in a short stint with the club last season when he averaged 13 points across 11 contests. His run was so impressive that head coach and general manager Mike Raimbault made him one of eight players whose rights were protected by the club.<\/p>\n
The Townsend, Ga., product returns with renewed confidence in his game.<\/p>\n
After appearing in 33 games with the Long Island Nets in the G League, Scott signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets and appeared in six contests \u2014 starting four of them \u2014 to close the NBA regular season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just showed me that I belong. I know I belong, I\u2019m not crazy,\u201d said Scott, who averaged eight points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists with the Nets.<\/p>\n
It was Scott\u2019s second stint in the NBA. He previously played in two games with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2021, though he was on the court for a little more than 11 minutes combined. Now 29 years old, he naturally began to question whether he would ever play at the highest level again.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor sure, because you have other people who will tell you that, \u2018You should do this, you should do that,\u2019 and nobody was in my shoes. So, those doubts kind of crept in here and there, but I\u2019m super faithful in my belief in God, and the conversations me and him have, and I\u2019m just a super confident individual,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI bet on myself every time, and I win every time. I knew it was going to happen; it was just a matter of when.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott last played on May 17 with the Calgary Surge, so he\u2019s not far-removed from game action. He said that the first week of practice will be critical to earning the respect of his new teammates, though he\u2019s already familiar with several players.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust the ultimate team player,\u201d said Nathan Bilamu, who shared the court with Scott in a Sea Bears uniform last summer. \u201cHe does all the small things \u2014 rebound, hit aheads, make the open three, make the extra pass \u2014 so he\u2019s just a great teammate overall, and I\u2019m excited to play with him for another year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The addition of Scott comes as the Sea Bears are in the midst of their first losing streak of the season. His ability to rebound will be especially coveted by a team that has struggled to clean up the glass early on.<\/p>\n
The Sea Bears are last in total rebounds (33) and defensive rebounds (23) per game this season. Losing the battle on the glass has been a common thread in each of their losses this season, which have all come away from home.<\/p>\n
Scott\u2019s 7.9 rebounds per game last summer ranked second on the Sea Bears. And Raimbault is confident Scott can help shore up that area.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great that we have a relationship, and we kind of know what to expect from him,\u201d said Raimbault. \u201cI think if you look at some of the games where we\u2019ve struggled, at times there\u2019s a little bit of a lack of toughness and grit and ability to rebound the ball and finish out some possessions, and that\u2019s something that he does innately.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t BROOK JONES \/ FREE PRESS FILES<\/p>\n Winnipeg Sea Bears head coach Mike Raimbault is confident forward Trevon Scott\u2019s (right) innate toughness and grit will help the club clean up its rebounds.<\/p>\n Kevin Cross Jr., however, was released to create room for Scott. The Sea Bears are permitted to carry just six imports on the active roster, and five on the road.<\/p>\n With Raimbault confirming that Scott will draw into the lineup immediately, that likely leaves one of Davion Warren or Armani Chaney back home for the rest of the road trip.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s always been really, really professional. He did a great job last summer, coming in midway through the season under similar circumstances to now. He\u2019s been the first guy in the gym the last two days. He\u2019s been asking great questions. You could already see, like, his energy and intensity have an infectious response from the rest of the group,\u201d Raimbault said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a mature guy. He\u2019s a guy that\u2019s been through a lot, and he knows what it takes to win.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Winnipeg has dropped consecutive games to begin their season-long four-game road trip \u2014 first against the Brampton Honey Badgers and then against the Saskatoon Mamba \u2014 there is no panic from Raimbault or the players.<\/p>\n \n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n \t\t\tSign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t Nor should there be. At 3-3, they are playing a strong brand of basketball, but are looking for a more complete effort to steal games away from home.<\/p>\n The Sea Bears will play the last pair on the road in Ottawa against the BlackJacks (3-3) on Thursday (6:30 p.m. CT), and in Montreal against the Alliance (2-4) on Friday (6:30 p.m. CT).<\/p>\n \u201cI think our sort of mantra is that we\u2019re just a handful of possessions away from potentially being undefeated, but still the focus is to continue to try to get better,\u201d Raimbault said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the game will continue to teach us some of the same lessons until we address them. We got to be a little bit tougher when we\u2019re out on the road \u2014 we know it\u2019s not easy \u2014 and in some ways we\u2019re fortunate we get a chance to go back out and tackle some more adversity as a group.\u201d<\/p>\n winnipegfreepress.com\/joshuafreysam<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Joshua Frey-Sam Josh Frey-Sam reports on sports and business at the Free Press. Josh got his start at the paper in 2022, just weeks after graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College. He reports primarily on amateur teams and athletes in sports. Read more about Josh<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Josh produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.<\/p>\n \t\t
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