N.J. native Justin Minaya, the son of ex-Mets GM Omar Minaya, has impressed Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups.
The Harrington, N.J. native is in training camp with the Portland Trail Blazers, who last month engineered a blockbuster trade of superstar Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. With Lillard gone, Portland has turned its team over to rookie guard Scoot Henderson, the No. 3 pick in the NBA Draft, and a group of other young players like Shaedon Sharpe and Anfernee Simons.
In four regular-season games with the Blazers last April, he averaged 4.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 22 minutes per game. Minaya, 24, went undrafted in 2022 and ended up with the Mexico City Capitanes of the NBA G League. In 27 games, he averaged of 12.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 2.1 steals and 35.1 minutes during the 2022-23 season.
“I also had a lot of veterans, like Kenneth Faried, Shabazz Napier, Gary Clark that were on the team, guys like that. They were great with me, and being able to learn from them that was the most important piece for me, just being able to pick up things. That was the biggest reason why I felt I ended up getting called up.”
Going forward, he just wants to continue to do the little things that make a difference in winning games -- and happen to impress his coach along the way.
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