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Cole Swider makes his case for a roster spot
The number of Syracuse Orange alums on NBA rosters might not grow in the 2024-25 season. As Mike wrote about yesterday, Judah Mintz didn’t land a two-way deal with the Sixers and some of the other Orange were unimpressive in Las Vegas.
Cole Swider was the one player who made a very strong case to NBA front offices. Swider was a key player for a Miami Heat squad which won the Las Vegas title. It was perfect timing for the free agent to make his case to Miami (or another team) to sign him to a deal.
The results are in. 8 games and a pic.twitter.com/45mIQXHw0D
— The Cole Swider Show with Paddy Casey (@swidershow) July 23, 2024
Putting aside defensive concerns, with how Swider is making shots from deep, he’s going to get some offers before the summer ends.
Let’s check on the other Syracuse alums:
Buddy Boeheim had his best game of the summer against Phoenix when he went 6-11 from 3 and added 6 rebounds and 4 assists to go with 20 points. Buddy averaged 7.4 points on 35.7% shooting from 3.
Jesse Edwards appeared in 5 games for Minnesota and averaged 5.6 points and 4.4 rebounds. He’s going to see a lot of action in the G League this year for the Iowa Wolves.
Joe Girard appeared in two games for Toronto and averaged 3.5 points while struggling shooting. He did grab 5 rebounds in 17 minutes against the Heat
Quincy Guerrier played in 3 games for Toronto and averaged 4.7 points and 4.7 rebounds.
Allen Griffin only made one appearance for New York scoring 6 points to go with 3 rebounds and 3 steals.
We’ll watch for any news for these players as NBA teams look to fill out training camp rosters.