PORTLAND, Ore. (July 1, 2019) – The Portland Trail Blazers have signed rookie forward Nassir Little, it was announced today by president of basketball operations Neil Olshey.
The 25th overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft, Little, 19, joins the Trail Blazers after playing one season at North Carolina, where he averaged 9.8 points (47.8% FG, 26.9% 3-PT, 77.0% FT), 4.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 18.2 minutes in 36 games.
Little (6-6, 220) led the Tar Heels in bench scoring and finished fourth in voting for the 2018-19 ACC Sixth Man of the Year award.