[Shams] The Portland Trail Blazers are waiving guard Ryan Arcidiacono and signing NBA G League Salt Lake City’s Jeenathan Williams on a two-year contract, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Williams has averaged 14.4 points in G League.

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1. Another tank martyr in Ryan, excited about Williams though

2. Thx 4 th memrEz Archipelago.

3. I’m insanely confused, and why a 2 year contract?!??

   And seeing this I ask again, why didn’t we sign a big when we were actually trying to win??

4. Don’t worry guys it’s just April fools.

5. Another guard? Wtf

6. Greg Brown died for this

7. 6’5″ guard shooting over 40% from 3. Dude looks like a nice pickup.

8. Should have signed Elleby. He’s a known asset as a tank commander.

9. Fuck you Shams

10. Actually looks like a guy with a really high ceiling if his 3pt% can translate to the nba. He plays defense too. This reads like a scouting team special. Low risk high reward since it’s probably non-guaranteed.

11. bye ❄️🐦cuno

12. 2 years?

13. What’s with all these auto generated create a player names?

14. Sick more guards

15. [The Oregonian](https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2023/04/trail-blazers-sign-g-league-guard-jeenathan-williams-waive-ryan-arcidiacono.html?outputType=amp)

    The Oregonian says that “According to sources, the remainder of this season represents the first-year of the deal and the second year is not guaranteed.”

16. What is with everyone in this thread holy shit 😭 it’s a two way deal. First year is guaranteed next year is NOT. Who cares if it’s not a big? WE ARE LOSING, WHO CARES.

17. April fools joke right

18. Jeenathan?

19. watched this guy in college a bit since I live in WNY and here are some of my thoughts:

    * good defender, really strong for his size and has great lateral quickness. Doesn’t get backed into the paint or blown by.

    * 6’6 with 7’0 wingspan, guarded everyone from PGs to forwards and did it well. Pretty switchable on the ball.

    * really long, uses his 7′ wingspan really well to get deflections off the ball, has a pretty good concept of team defense rotations, gets lots of steals and blocks in help position.

    * really good spotup shooter

    * pretty athletic, although you only see it in transition or on defense, doesn’t really know how to use his athleticism on offense yet. outside a few highlight dunks he plays like an unathletic guard on offense, lots of floaters, avoids contact, etc.
    ______________

    * no right hand at all. zero, nada, zilch, none. If you force him right he will still try to finish with his left hand.

    * already 24 years old (5th year senior who finished college at 23)

    * can’t shoot off the dribble or on the move, and a weird looking jump shot that might need to be changed

    * couldn’t shoot FTs in college

    * no handle and subpar touch at the rim, ends up settling for a lot of floaters if he can’t dunk it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzeb2KziWTM

    here’s some highlights if you want to watch for yourself

20. We should just rename the team to Dame and the G-leaguers

21. It’s like we have an unlimited budget, but only in Walmart gift cards.

22. Artichoke, we barely knew ye

23. Skyler Mays put Archi out of work with just one game rip