Austin Spurs
Official Release | February 13, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 12, 2021) – The Austin Spurs today announced that they have acquired forward Malik Pope from the available pool of G League players already in Orlando.
Pope spent last season playing for the RoStock Seawolves of the German ProA league, where he averaged 7.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.0 steals in 21 minutes per game. In the 2018-19 season, he played for the Greensboro Swarm, putting up 6.7 points and 4.5 rebounds in 16 minutes per game.
As a senior at San Diego State, he was named to the Mountain West All-Conference Second Team. He averaged 8.9 points and 5.1 rebounds in 22 minutes per game for the Aztecs from 2014-18.
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Kadeem Coleby continues to post career numbers this season in the Japanese B-League and recorded another milestone in his fourth season with the Akita Northern Happinets.
Coleby finished with a triple double - 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists - in the Happinets’ 89-70 win over league defending champion Alvark Tokyo last night in Akita, Japan.
He shot 9-11 from the field and also added a game high four blocks as the Happinets extended their winning streak to three games and improved to 11-8 on the season.
Coleby leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 14 points and 8.4 boards per game. He is shooting 69 percent from the field and is also averaging 1.5 blocks and 2.5 assists per game.