BREAKING: Cleveland Cavaliers Reportedly Sign Former North Carolina Tar Heel
On Monday evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Chicago Bulls (at home) by a score of 109-91.
Following the game (on Tuesday), ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Cavs will sign Pete Nance to a ten-day contract.
Via Wojnarowski: "The Cleveland Cavaliers are signing F/C Pete Nance on a 10-day contract, sources tell ESPN. Nance has averaged 13.5 points and 7.9 rebounds for Cavs’ G League affiliate. He went undrafted in 2023 after spending his final college season at UNC."
Nance played five seasons of college basketball for Northwestern (four) and North Carolina (one).
This past year, he averaged 10.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 blocks per contest while shooting 42.2% from the field and 32.0% from the three-point range in 30 games for the Tar Heels.
The 23-year-old went undrafted in June but was with the Cavs during NBA Summer League.
He has spent the start of the 2023-24 season with the Cleveland Charge (G League).
As for the Cavs, they are the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 23-15 record in their first 38 games.
They are 7-3 over their last ten games and in the middle of a five-game winning streak.
Following the Bulls, the Cavs will play their next game on Wednesday evening when they host Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks in Ohio.
At home, they have gone 14-8 in 22 games, while they are 9-7 in 16 games on the road.
The franchise is coming off a season where they made the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2018.
