Alex Poythress‘ success story is fascinating and unusual. After going to the University of Kentucky for more than just one year (rarer than a solar eclipse), he spent almost the entirety of his first professional season in the G League. At the end of his 2016-17′ G League tenure, the Philadelphia 76ers threw him a lifeboat and gave him a 10-day contract, which he made good on by scoring 10.7 points per game over six games. Despite his decent play, he was not resigned to any sort of contract in Philly.
Enter the Pacers. The front office watch Poythress closely in his 2016-17’ G League stint since he played for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.