Five seasons removed from his college basketball career at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, Josh Magette finally found his opportunity to play at the NBA level. After four seasons in the NBA G League (formerly D-League), four NBA Summer Leagues with four different teams and stints in two different leagues in Europe, the Atlanta Hawks valued Magette enough to award him one of the team’s two two-way contracts to start the 2017-18 NBA season.
Players trying to work their way on to an NBA roster will tell you that the opportunity to play is equally as important as the ability the play.