Los Portland Trail Blazers they have called the striker Justin Minaya of the G-League (development league of the NBA) to finish the season with the team.
The NBA and the team confirmed the information previously advanced by Steve Popper, from Newsday, and Adrian Wojnarowski, from ESPN.
Son of veteran baseball executive Omar Minaya, Justin Minaya He was not selected in the draft of the NBA last summer from Providence University and spent most of his first professional season playing for the Mexico City Capitanes in the G-League.
In 27 NBAGL regular season appearances he averaged 35.1 minutes per game, 12.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.1 steals. He is a player from was born in Harrington, New Jersey on May 26, 1999 and is 6’7 feet tall.
The transaction log of the NBA confirms that the Blazers have officially signed Minaya to a 10-day contract. There are fewer than 10 days left in the regular season, but 10-day deals can still be signed if a team is awarded a hardship provision due to an excessive number of injuries.
If he manages to play, he would join Tito Horford, Luis Felipe López, Luis Flores, Ángel Delgado, Francisco García, Charlie Villanueva, Al HorfordKarl-Anthony Towns, Luis David Montero, Chris Duarte and Lester Quiñones as the Dominicans who have seen action in the NBA.
Minaya made his debut with the U-17 national team at the 2015 Centrobasket in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2016 he was part of the cast that played the U-17 World Cup in Zaragoza, Spain.
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