Erik Stevenson’s basketball road has never been a straight line, and now the former West Virginia guard is getting another chance to keep it moving.
Stevenson will suit up for the Denver Nuggets’ Summer League team this summer, adding another NBA organization to a pro career that has already taken him through a long list of stops. After two seasons at Wichita State, one at Washington, one at South Carolina and a final college year at West Virginia, he has kept bouncing from place to place at the next level too.
His pro résumé already includes time with the Austin Spurs, Texas Legends and Capital City Go-Go in the G League, along with stints overseas with Cholet in LNB Pro A, Casademont Zaragoza in Liga ACB and Manisa Basket in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.
The latest chapter was his strongest yet. This past season with the Go-Go, Stevenson averaged 14.7 points per game while shooting 44% from the field and 35% from 3-point range.
He also averaged 3.8 assists and 3.8 rebounds. That production earned him a 10-day contract with the Washington Wizards, though he never got into a game, leaving his NBA debut still waiting.
There’s still a belief that Stevenson can carve out a real NBA opportunity. The shooting is there - he’s hit 34% from deep across 62 G League games - and the hope is that a strong Summer League run can push him toward something bigger. A two-way deal feels like the next logical step, with the chance to work his way into a standard NBA contract after that.
For now, the immediate goal is simple: make noise in the four guaranteed games Denver will play and turn that into a training camp invite, which would give him a shot to show more in preseason.
Stevenson and the Nuggets open Summer League play on Friday, July 10, against the Houston Rockets at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
The rest of the schedule has Denver facing the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday, July 11, at 7:30 p.m. ET on PRIME, the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, July 14, at 9 p.m.
ET on ESPN and the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, July 16, at 10 p.m. ET on PRIME VIDEO.
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