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Kenneth Lofton Jr.
Port Arthur Memorial great Kenneth Lofton Jr. signed a professional two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies after going undrafted in last week’s NBA Draft.
Lofton, 6-foot-7 and 275 pounds, averaged 16.5 points and 10.5 rebounds person game his sophomore season at Louisiana Tech.
According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, “A two-way contract in the NBA allows teams to keep two such players in the fold that do not count toward the salary cap or the 15-player roster limit. Two-way players can play up to 50 NBA regular season games in a season and can have their contracts converted to an NBA deal. Two-way players often bounce between the G-League and the team’s NBA roster throughout the year. Players will get paid commiserate to which team (G-League team or the NBA team) it plays games for on a game-by-game basis.”