Cavs signing point guard London Perrantes to final two-way contract
The Cleveland Cavaliers are signing point guard London Perrantes to a two-way contract.
According to The Vertical’s Shams Charania, the Cleveland Cavaliers are signing point guard London Perrantes to a two-way contract. The 23-year-old Perrantes went undrafted out of the University of Virginia in the 2017 NBA Draft.
Sources: Cleveland and former Virginia guard London Perrantes are finalizing a two-way NBA contract. Perrantes was a Spurs' cut out of camp.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 18, 2017
In four years at the University of Virginia, Perrantes averaged 8.9 points (40.5 percent from the field, 40.9 percent from three-point range) and 4.1 assists per game as a full-time starter.
In his senior season, Perrantes averaged 12.7 points and 3.8 assists per game while shooting 41.4 percent from the field and 37.4 percent from three-point range. He earned All-ACC Second Team honors last season as well.
Perrantes is a point guard who knows how to control the flow of the game and keep his teammates in rhythm. Those qualities, in addition to his ability to create space for pull-up jumper off-the-dribble, allowed him to have an offensive rating of 114.7 in his NCAA career. Defensively, while Perrantes isn’t a dynamite athlete or a player who racks up the steals, he’s a focused and intelligent defender who had a career defensive rating of 96.3 in the NCAA.
In six Summer League games, Perrantes averaged 3.2 points and 4.8 assists per game while shooting 39.2 percent from the field and 21.6 percent from three-point range. His efficiency was horrible. However, he did show the ability to be a playmaker for a ball club from a passing standpoint. His veteran experience and the threat of his driving ability helped him as floor general throughout the summer league and it’s not hard to envision Perrantes in a Matthew Dellavedova-like role if he should ever have reason to get called up by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Dellavedova was a gritty defender in his time with Cavs and a player who not only could operate as a three-point specialist but get his teammates easy buckets as well.
Perrantes, who was cut by the San Antonio Spurs training camp roster last week, is the final member of the Cleveland Cavaliers roster. John Holland, who played for the Canton Charge (the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA G-League affiliate) last season, is their other two-way signing.