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UNC Basketball: Oklahoma City Signs Tar Heel Talent
It’s highly unlikely Cormac Ryan will be on an NBA roster next season. Nevertheless, the one-year UNC basketball wing, now 25 years old following his six-year college stay between Stanford, Notre Dame, and the Tar Heels, will get a chance to impress one franchise this summer.
On Friday, the Oklahoma City Thunder signed the 6-foot-5, 195-pound Ryan to an Exhibit 10 contract, which secures his services for the Salt Lake City Summer League, July 8-10, and NBA 2K25 Summer League action in Las Vegas, July 12-22.
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One of the Thunder’s opponents in Salt Lake City is the Utah Jazz, who recently signed Ryan’s UNC basketball teammate, center Armando Bacot, to an Exhibit 10 deal. Presumably, Ryan and Bacot will at some point be on the floor together in that outing, only this time on opposing sides.
If Ryan fares well in July, he stands a good shot at landing with the Thunder’s G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue, to jumpstart his pro career.
As a full-time starter for Hubert Davis’ third batch of Tar Heels last season, Cormac Ryan averaged 11.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest while shooting 35.4 percent from three and 87.4 percent at the charity stripe.
His sweetest performance as a beloved Tar Heel came in the team’s road win over archival Duke in early March, as Ryan tallied 31 points while knocking down six 3-pointers on only eight attempts.
UNC Basketball Alum Armando Bacot Agrees to Exhibit 10 Contract
Despite a prolific UNC basketball career, Armando Bacot did not hear his name at the 2024 NBA Draft. Even so, the 24-year-old big man is getting an opportunity to showcase his skills in hopes of landing a two-way contract for next season.
Shortly after the NBA Draft concluded on Thursday, The Athletic’s Tony Jones reported that the Utah Jazz are signing Bacot to an Exhibit 10 contract.
Presumably, the 6-foot-11, 240-pound Bacot will be on the Jazz’s roster for Salt Lake City Summer League action, July 8-10, and at the NBA 2K25 Summer League in Las Vegas, July 12-22.
Interestingly, the UNC basketball gem, who finished his college career No. 1 in rebounds and No. 2 in points among all-time Tar Heels, will likely be there alongside Utah’s No. 32 overall draft pick in the 7-foot Kyle Filipowski out of archrival Duke. And should Armando Bacot earn a longer stay in Utah, he could reunite with Jazz center Walker Kessler, who was a backup to Bacot with the 2020-21 Tar Heels before transferring to Auburn.
Only one UNC basketball name came off the board at this year’s NBA Draft: 21-year-old forward Harrison Ingram to the San Antonio Spurs at No. 48 overall.
Although Cormac Ryan garnered some interest from NBA teams in the form of pre-draft workouts, there’s been no word on the 25-year-old landing an Exhibit 10 deal anywhere yet.
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