The Thunder signed a former Mavericks backcourt star. Can he replicate his counterattack experience last summer?

Oklahoma City Thunder officially announced that the team has signed backcourt player Jazian Gortman, forward Zach Austin and backcourt player Chris Youngblood, who was previously in free agency.

Gotman was born in April 2003 and is 22 years old, 185cm tall and weighs 79kg. He is the undraft in the 2023 NBA Draft. Gottman from Overtime Elite League team YNG Dreamerz played for the Milwaukee Bucks' NBA Development League subordinate team Wisconsin Deer and the Portland Trail Blazers' NBA Development League subordinate team Tear City mix during his rookie season. Last summer, Gottman represented the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League and showed his strong personal abilities. Not only that, Gottman's performance in last year's NBA preseason was also quite eye-catching. In the end, the Mavericks converted the training camp contract that included Exhibit 10 clauses into a two-way contract before the start of the NBA regular season last season, and he immediately became an NBA player.

In the NBA regular season last season, Gottman played 16 times for the Mavericks, averaging 3.5 minutes per game, averaging 1.5 points, 0.3 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 0.1 steals, and 0.1 blocks, 0.3 turnovers and 0.6 fouls, shooting percentage of 39.1%, three-point shooting percentage of 36.4%, and free throw shooting percentage of 50%. In the NBA Development League last season, he made a total of 34 appearances for the Mavericks' subordinate team, Texas Legend, and averaged 34.5 minutes per game, with averaging 20 points, 3.9 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks, 5 turnovers and 2.9 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 45.1%, a three-point shooting percentage of 27.2%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 81.3%. This summer, Gottman represented the Thunder in the NBA Summer League. He made a total of 8 appearances in the summer league, averaging 16.8 minutes per game, averaging 8.9 points, 2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.2 steals, and 0.2 blocks. He also had 1.9 turnovers and 1.4 fouls, shooting percentage of 46.9%, three-point shooting percentage of 25%, and free throw shooting percentage of 72.7%.

Gotman performed sloppyly in the NBA field last season. He showed good scoring ability in the NBA Development League, but his performance in turnover control and outside shooting was also not ideal. In the previous summer league, his performance was only average, and there was nothing particularly amazing, and his shortcomings in outside shooting were still very obvious. If nothing unexpected happens, what Gotman got from the Thunder should be a training camp contract that includes Exhibit 10 clauses. I wonder if he will have the opportunity to win himself the opportunity to stay in the team through training camp and preseason performances like last season.