The Atlanta Hawks claimed Argentinian swingman Nicolas Brussino off waivers on Saturday evening, after the 24 year old was waived on Thursday by the Dallas Mavericks. Brussino spent spent the 2016-17 season in Dallas while playing with Peñarol and Regatas Corrientes in Argentina prior to his rookie season in the NBA.
The 6’8” Brussino averaged 2.8 points per game on 37% shooting from the field in 9 minutes per game in 54 NBA games a season ago.
Now, I’m sure the first thing many Hawks fans did when news of the signing broke was to Google/YouTube highlights of Brussino, because they probably had absolutely no idea who he was or how he plays.