Willie Reed was once a member of the Brooklyn Nets D-League team in Springfield. He was invited to the Nets training camp and then he was cut. The Miami Heat picked him up to join their summer league team.
He will now being signing a one-year deal with the Nets that is mostly guaranteed.
Following from Shams Charania of Real GM.
Free agent Willie Reed has reached agreement with the Brooklyn Nets on a one-year deal, mostly guaranteed, league sources tell RealGM.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 9, 2015
More information on Reed below in an official press release from the Brooklyn Nets.
The Brooklyn Nets have signed forward/center Willie Reed, Nets General Manager Billy King announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.
Reed (6’10”, 235) joins the Nets after spending the 2014-15 season in the NBA Development League with the Grand Rapids Drive and Iowa Energy. He posted averages of 16.4 points, 12.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 33.7 minutes per game, earning All-NBA D-League First Team honors and All-Defensive First Team honors. The 25-year-old Reed, who has also spent time with the D-League’s Reno Bighorns and Springfield Armor, has appeared in 144 career D-League games (101 starts) in three seasons, recording averages of 15.3 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 31.4 minutes per game. Reed has also earned call-ups to the Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings, but has yet to appear in an NBA game.
A native of Kansas City, MO, Reed spent two seasons at Saint Louis University, appearing in 67 games with career averages of 10.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. In his second and final season, Reed averaged 12.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game.
