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Sixers News: Overtime Elite Prospect Joins Summer League Squad

Overtime Elite's Bryce Griggs will compete with the 76ers.
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Sixers News: Overtime Elite Prospect Joins Summer League Squad
Sixers News: Overtime Elite Prospect Joins Summer League Squad

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Soon, the Philadelphia 76ers will suit up for their Summer League run, which will have a stint in Utah and Las Vegas. The Sixers haven’t finalized their roster just yet, but it’s all starting to come together.

On Monday, Overtime Elite’s official Twitter account revealed that two of their former players who went undrafted during the 2023 NBA Draft had found landing spots for the Summer League. One of them will suit up for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Texas-based guard Bryce Griggs will don Sixers threads next month in Utah and Vegas. After being ranked as a four-star recruit in High School, Griggs took a different route to the NBA. 

Typically, players attend a University and compete in the NCAA for one or several seasons before making their way to the NBA. However, with different options on the table these days, players are trying out different ways to make it to the league.

A couple of years ago, the NBA G League Ignite became a platform for players to focus on hoops without attending school before going to the league. Last season, Overtime Elite joined the market.

During his lone season at OTE, the 19-year-old Griggs appeared in 11 matchups. He averaged 16 points per game, along with eight assists per matchup. Defensively, he collected six rebounds per game and snatched two steals per outing. Although Griggs struggled with his three-point shot, drilling just 25 percent from beyond the arc, he knocked down nearly 50 percent of his twos.

The 76ers won’t have any draft picks from this season to play alongside Griggs, but they did add a few prospects following the event. With three two-way slots open on the roster, the Sixers added Ricky Council IV out of Arkansas, Azuolas Tubelis out of Arizona, and Terquavion Smith out of NC State. 

Also, the Sixers are expected to have Marcus Bagley on board, as he reportedly inked an Exhibit 10 deal with the 76ers. 

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Justin Grasso
JUSTIN GRASSO

Justin Grasso was a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s Philadelphia 76ers On SI Network. Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoMedia Threads: @JGrassoMedia

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