We have another former Ohio State hoops player on the move. According to reports, former Buckeye swing-man Keita Bates-Diop has agreed to a two-way deal with the San Antonio Spurs. In layman’s terms, that means Bates-Diop can be on the Spurs active roster for up to 45 days and would spend his time otherwise with the team’s G-League affiliate, the Austin Spurs.
This news comes on the same day that one of his former teammates, Jae’Sean Tate, agreed to a deal with the Houston Rockets.
Like Tate, Bates-Diop played for Ohio State from 2014-2018 and became the team’s main scoring threat his last season when he almost took OSU to a regular-season Big Ten title. In Chris Holtmann’s first year in Columbus, he was voted as the Big Ten Player of the Year and was eventually drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 2018 NBA Draft.
The news of Bates-Diop’s deal was first reported by Yahoo senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill.
Forward Keita Bates Diop agreed to a two-way deal with the San Antonio Spurs, per sources
— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) November 23, 2020
Bates-Diop was traded to the Denver Nuggets last season and has had a disappointing start to his career. So far in his 74 games in the league, he has averaged just 5.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in 16.9 minutes per contest.
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