The Suns will sign the former Nets Spurs backcourt, and what he gets is a training camp contract?

According to The Spot Up Shot reporter Paul Garcia, the Phoenix Suns have signed David Duke, a backcourt player who was previously in free agency. Although the details of the contract have not been disclosed, if nothing unexpected happens, what Duke should have received from the Suns is a training camp contract containing Exhibit 10 clauses.

Duke was born in October 1999 and is 25 years old, 193cm tall and weighs 93kg. He is the undraft in the 2021 NBA Draft. Duke signed a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets after the draft, which also shows that his abilities are still good. In the NBA, in addition to the Nets, Duke also played for the San Antonio Spurs. He has played 55 times in the NBA regular season, averaging 11.9 minutes per game, averaging 4.2 points, 2 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.1 blocks, and 0.6 turnovers and 1.3 fouls. He has 41.7% shooting percentage, 26.2% from three-point shooting percentage and 76.7% from free throws.

Duke played for the Spurs as a two-way contract player last season. He played 6 games in the NBA regular season, averaging 5.6 minutes per game, averaging 2.7 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.2 steals, and 0.3 turnovers and 0.2 fouls. He shot 42.9%, three-point shooting percentage and 50% free throw shooting percentage. In the NBA Development League last season, Duke made a total of 42 appearances, averaging 31.6 minutes per game, averaging 17 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks, and 2.4 turnovers and 2.9 fouls. His shooting percentage was 41.2%, three-point shooting percentage was 30.8%, and free throw shooting percentage was 71.9%. Duke actually showed a certain defensive ability in the NBA arena, but the problem is that his offensive performance has always been a very disappointing level, and his stability in outside shooting has never improved at all. Therefore, he has never been able to get more playing time and performance opportunities in the NBA arena.

Considering that Duke is no longer qualified to sign a two-way contract with the NBA team, if he wants to stay in the Suns, he can only complete the signing on a standard contract. The Suns currently have 13 players holding guaranteed contracts, and Jordan Goodwin and Jared Butler, two players holding non-guaranteed contracts, should strike for one of the remaining places. Compared to Goodwin and Butler, Duke is still slightly worse in ability, and it should be difficult for him to grab a quota for staying in the team. He is likely to still play for the Suns' NBA Development League team, the Valley Suns. I don’t know what kind of performance Duke can perform in the NBA Development League in the new season.