The first-year pro, on a one-game assignment from the Mavs, started at center for the Legends in the team’s season opener against the Maine Red Claws, the Boston Celtics’ affiliate. Hammons looked like an NBA center in the game, the best big man on the floor for either team, which is exactly what was supposed to happen.
However, he would have compiled a more impressive stat line had he not fouled out in the fourth quarter. As impressive an offensive performance as he had, Hammons said that’s not what the Mavs’ coaches sent him up the tollway to work on.