NBA contract ends! Morant posts goodbye! Kawamura Yuki leaves the Grizzlies

On July 4, the Chicago Bulls announced the summer league list, with Yuki Kawamura on the list. He started with the Grizzlies with the Exhibit-10 contract at the Grizzlies last season, but later turned into a two-way contract, which expired this summer. Now that Kawamura Yuki has left the Grizzlies, Morant posted a goodbye: the friendship between yuki (Kawamura Yuki) and No. 12 (Morant) will never be destroyed!

Yuke Kawamura updated social media and thanked the Grizzlies: "I only have a lot of love for the Grizzlies! Come on, the Grizzlies! Goodbye."Yuke Kawamura hopes to use this year's summer league to get a two-way contract in the Bulls and strive to continue to stay in the NBA next season. If he can't get the contract, he can only consider returning to the Japanese League. In the 2024-25 season, Yuki Kawamura played 22 regular season games in the NBA, all of which were substitutes. He averaged 4.2 minutes per game, scored only 1.6 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists, and his three shooting percentages were: 36.7%, 30.4%, and 77.8%. If you put it in any NBA team, it is difficult to stay in this data. There is no way, the height of 1.73 meters is a flaw.

Yuke Kawamura played 24 games in the Development League, all of which were starters. He averaged 31 minutes per game, scored 12.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.5 turnovers, and his three shooting percentages were: 40%, 41%, 74.2%. His data can fully gain a foothold in the Development League, but the salary of the Development League is too low, with an average annual salary of about $50,000.

Yuki Kawamura will not stay in the Development League forever. His first choice is to fight for an NBA two-way contract with an annual salary of about $600,000, or just return to the Japanese B League. In the Japanese B League, Yuki Kawamura can get an annual salary of millions of dollars, which is higher than the NBA two-way contract. This year's summer league is crucial to him.

2023 Men's Basketball World Cup, Kawamura Yuki averaged 13.6 points, 2 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 2.8 turnovers per game, with three shooting percentages: 42.9%, 33.3%, 78.6%. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, he averaged 20.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers per game, with three shooting percentages: 33.9%, 40.6%, and 100%, ranking third in the scoring list.

Do you think Kawamura Yuki can still return to the NBA?