Emoni Bates has found a new NBA home. <\/p>\n
After spending his first two seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the 21-year-old has signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Keith Pompey<\/a>. <\/p>\n Bates\u2019 Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year deal worth the league minimun and allows players the opportunity to compete for a roster spot or a two-way contract during training camp. <\/p>\n The 6-foot-8 forward has spent most of his two professional seasons in the G League with the Cavs\u2019 affiliate the Cleveland Charge. <\/p>\n He was a G League all-star in 2024 and averaged 3.1 points and 8.3 minutes per game in 25 NBA appearances. <\/p>\n Bates was drafted with the 49th pick in the 2023 NBA Draft <\/a>after spending his sophomore season at Eastern Michigan. <\/p>\n The Ypsilanti native earned all-conference honors at EMU prior to spending his freshman year at Memphis. <\/p>\n Bates was the No. 1 overall prospect in the 2022 recruiting class but reclassified to the 2021 class and chose to attend Memphis.<\/p>\n Bates became a household name after leading Ypsilanti Lincoln to the Division 1 Michigan high school basketball championship as a freshman in 2019.<\/p>\n He then became the youngest high school basketball player to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated at the age of 15.<\/p>\n The 76ers also signed Kennedy Chandler, Malcolm Hill, and Jaylen Martin to Exhibit 10 contracts along with Bates, Pompey reported. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emoni Bates has found a new NBA home. After spending his first two seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[104566,104567,355,99],"class_list":["post-175381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-chalotte-hornets-2024","tag-cleveland-cavaliers-2023-2024","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}