LAS VEGAS -- Who is that masked man? Many watching the Thunder’s Summer League squad play in Las Vegas over the weekend have asked themselves that question – about the left-handed, 6-foot-5, 250-pound wrecking ball that has been jumping passing lanes, bullying guards and attacking off the bounce.
That muscular man is Deante Burton, who the Thunder signed on Saturday to a two-way contract, the same type that Daniel Hamilton and PJ Dozier singed last year that allowed them to play with the Oklahoma City Thunder and its G-League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue. Just a couple of days prior to the start of Summer League, Burton broke his nose at the Thunder’s minicamp practices back in Oklahoma City.