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2014-2015 Thunder Player Grades: Dion Waiters' upside still a long ways off

Dion Waiters is not lonely on Waiters Island

Nickname: "Waiters Island"

I've also seen him referred to by many other names, which I won't reproduce in this family-friendly space.

Contract status: $4.1 million (2014-15), $5.1 million (2015-16), $6.8 million (2016-17; team option)

Notable factoid: At this very moment, Dion is calling for the basketball.

Player history:

  • Born December 10, 1991 in Philadelphia, PA.
  • Played two seasons of collegiate hoops for Syracuse. In his second year, he won the Big East Sixth Man of the Year award and was named to the All-Big East third team.