Champagnie on Ice! Justin Champagnie 10 day deal

Benjammin · Post #1 » by **Benjammin** » Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:25 pm

6'6 | 206lb | 22 Years Old
Player With Celtics/Raptors In 22-23

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payitforward · Post #2 » by **payitforward** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:19 am

I am a fan of both the Champagnie twins, justin & Julian (who has a regular roster spot w/ SA). I was eager to pick up one (both?) of them after they went undrafted in '21.

Here's our guy looking good in the G League:

Watch on YouTube

payitforward · Post #3 » by **payitforward** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:25 am

payitforward wrote:I am a fan of both the Champagnie twins, justin & Julian (who has a regular roster spot w/ SA). I was eager to pick up one (both?) of them after they went undrafted in '21 (Justin) & '22 (Julian).

Here's our guy looking good in the G League:

Watch on YouTube

payitforward · Post #4 » by **payitforward** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:26 am

Meant to edit....

AFM · Post #5 » by **AFM** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:54 am

Well...He's either a short forward or a tall guard. But he shoots like a power forward. 30% from 3 and poorly from the line. He did look good in those clips though.

Post #6 » by **penbeast0** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:09 am

So he's Hamidou Diallo 2.0?

Post #7 » by **nate33** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:36 pm

AFM wrote:Well...He's either a short forward or a tall guard. But he shoots like a power forward. 30% from 3 and poorly from the line. He did look good in those clips though.

We already have a guy like that in Omoruyi, only he can actually play PF.

doclinkin · Post #8 » by **doclinkin** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:44 pm

Injection of effort attitude and energy, without resulting in wins. Excellent tank addition for the late year scramble. This year's Xavier Cooks. Undersized hustlefxxk.

Watch on YouTube

The only fear is if his minutes displace Kuzma instead of Deni, resulting in fewer empty stat possessions; or if playing JC cuts into Bilal's developmental time.

Post #9 » by **nate33** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:47 pm

It doesn't really matter. The hit rate on these 10-day contract guys panning out to be useful rotation players is pretty low. Sometimes you can find a walk-on in the offseason who is good enough to stick around the league as a 10th man (Garrison Mathews, Jordan McRae) but you usually don't find those guys in the middle of the season. The only exception I can think of is Gary Payton II, but he is a really weird player who fits great in Golden State as a rim-running guard, but pretty bad everywhere else.

I'm excepting the Miami Heat of course. They routinely find walk-ons who end up being top 7 rotation players who sign MLE contracts or larger. Their track record is ridiculous: Max Strus, Gabe Vincent, Duncan Robinson, Caleb Martin, Haywood Highsmith...

Frichuela · Post #10 » by **Frichuela** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:31 pm

Worth a shot I guess...but that putrid 3pt % does not inspire much confidence on whether Justin would be able to stick around. He plays hard for sure, we shall see.

TGW · Post #11 » by **TGW** » Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:33 pm

I would play him over Poo tomorrow....

payitforward · Post #12 » by **payitforward** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:14 pm

3 for 3 in seven minutes last night, including a 3-pointer. Pretty good debut I'd say!

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #13 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:16 pm

Should we kick the tires on Poku?

payitforward · Post #14 » by **payitforward** » Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:57 am

This thread's title needs to change. On March 3, the Wizards signed Justin Champagnie to a 2-way contract.

Having signed Omoruyi to a regular roster contract 2 days earlier gave Dawkins an open 2-way slot for him.