Jahmir Young did not hear his name get called during the two rounds of the NBA draft that unfolded Wednesday and Thursday, but the former Maryland point guard still managed to land with a franchise.
Young signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Denver Nuggets, the Terps announced Thursday night. An Exhibit 10 deal is a one-year, minimum-salary contract that practically guarantees a player assurance to try out for a team, which must decide before the beginning of the regular season whether to convert that Exhibit 10 contract into a longer-term deal.
Jahm1r!
He has signed an Exhibit-10 deal with the @nuggets pic.twitter.com/zq87c3nYbH
— Maryland Men’s Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) June 28, 2024
Young expressed his gratitude for the latest development in his fledgling professional career.
“Thank You God,” Young wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, adding a folding hands emoji.
Young was named to the 2024 Portsmouth Invitational All-Tournament Team and participated in preseason workouts with 14 NBA organizations prior to the draft. But the Upper Marlboro resident was not selected in either Wednesday night’s first round or Thursday afternoon’s second round.
In two years with Maryland after transferring from Charlotte, Young became only the fifth player in program history to amass 1,000 points in two seasons and the third-fastest to reach that milestone, needing just 57 games. His 2,626 career points ranked as the second-most among all active NCAA Division I players.
Last winter, Young averaged 20.4 points, which ranked third in the Big Ten and 29th nationally, and drained 198 free throws, which ranked fifth in the school’s single-season history. He earned spots on the All-Big Ten first team and the Associated Press All-Big Ten second team and finished his career with the Terps tying Eric Hayes for the program record in free-throw percentage (.870 on 341 of 392 attempts) and ranking eighth in minutes per game (33.2).
