DENVER – Former Illinois State standout DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell has earned a place on the Denver Nuggets' Las Vegas Summer League roster, announced by the Nuggets on Friday.
Prior to the Las Vegas Summer League, the Nuggets will hold a minicamp beginning on Sunday, July 1 and running through Thursday, July 5. They will hold a two-a-day practice on Tuesday, July 3rd.
The former Redbird standout played two seasons with the Redbirds, and was named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Newcomer of the Year in 2014-15, and Second Team All-MVC a year later. He scored 808 points over his two seasons, a 13.5 average per game. He also pulled down 316 rebounds (5.3 per game) and dished out 97 assists. The 6-5 guard also made 49 three-pointers over his two seasons, and grabbed 58 steals.
Most recently he played professionally with the Bakken Bears of the Danish Basketball League. In his two seasons he has been his league's Most Valuable Player, averaging 21.4 (2016-17) and 17.3 (2017-18) points per game in the league.
Denver's first game of the 2018 MGM Resorts NBA Summer League is Friday, July 6 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, followed by games against the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks before beginning the single-elimination tournament. All teams participating in the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League are guaranteed to play a minimum of five games. Teams will be seeded following the preliminary round, with the top eight seeds receiving a first-round bye in tournament play.
MGM Resorts NBA Summer League, which features all 30 NBA teams for the first time, will tip off with a record 10 games on Friday, July 6 and continue through Tuesday, July 17. The tournament-style format will culminate with the Championship Game on July 17 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.
For the second consecutive year, ESPN will present every game from Las Vegas via the ESPN App, along with a record 46 games on its linear television channels (ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU).
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