Killian Tillie Rumors

Former Grizzlies player Killian Tillie signed with Spanish team Unicaja Baloncesto for the 2024-25 season.

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Unicaja Malaga has finalized the signing of 26-year-old Killian Tillie for the 2024-25 season. The French power forward joins Malaga to compete in the ACB League and the Basketball Champions League after a successful NBA Summer League stint with the Boston Celtics, averaging 8.5 points and 3.8 rebounds.

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Unicaja Malaga is close to reaching an agreement with Killian Tillie, a 26-year-old wing who has an impressive 54 NBA appearances, to wear the jersey of the Memphis Grizzlies between 2020 and 2022.

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After suffering a back injury that forced him to undergo a medical procedure and miss the final two months of the 2021-22 NBA season, Killian Tillie hadn’t been cleared for a full return when he was waived by the Grizzlies on Oct. 15, 2022, just three days before the team’s regular-season opener. Tillie returned to Spokane, rehabbed, recovered and ramped up for training camp workouts in the late spring/early summer with hopes he’d latch on with another NBA team. The 6-foot-9 forward had a number of feelers, with strong interest coming from the Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers in particular.

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By late spring, Tillie was prepared to resume his professional career, but he took a more cautious and intentional approach this time, only conducting a few workouts before his agent began making phone calls. One of those was to the Celtics, who were in the process of completing a 4-1 NBA Finals series win over the Dallas Mavericks when they agreed to bring Tillie in for summer league. “They’re a great organization to be with so I didn’t think twice,” Tillie said.

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Boston encouraged Tillie to shoot freely from the perimeter – something that never required much convincing while he was at Gonzaga – and the Celtics allowed him to guard a variety of positions on defense as a result of their heavy switching schemes. “Boston, they want to shoot 3s, so you know we’ve got the green light,” Tillie said. “They give us confidence to shoot every time and also crash the boards and do a little bit of everything. Also defensively, they like to switch on everything so being able to switch on smaller guards is important to be in the league, be a strength on defense. That’s a good thing to do.”

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Bobby Manning: #Celtics summer league roster - JD Davison, Drew Peterson, Baylor Scheierman, Anton Watson, Neemias Queta, Jaden Springer, Jahmius Ramsey, Jaelen House , Jordan Walsh, Ron Harper Jr., Tristan Enaruna, Tyler Cook, Killian Tillie

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Memphis Grizzlies PR: The @Memphis Grizzlies today announced the team waived Killian Tillie and Dakota Mathias to finalize their opening night roster for the 2022-23 regular season.

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Eric Nehm: OUT for Memphis tonight: Ja Morant, Desmond Bane, Dillon Brooks, Steven Adams, Tyus Jones, Jaren Jackson Jr, Danny Green, Killian Tillie, Xavier Tillman

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Scott Agness: Grizzlies will be without Ja Morant, Dillon Brooks, Brandon Clarke and Killian Tillie tonight v Pacers. Both teams are on the second night of a back-to-back.

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Memphis Grizzlies PR: The @Memphis Grizzlies have assigned Killian Tillie and Santi Aldama to the @MemphisHustle for the Hustle's game tonight against the Oklahoma City Blue. Tillie and Aldama will be recalled to the Grizzlies after the game.

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Bobby Marks: 96% of NBA players are now eligible to be traded Below is the list of players that are still ineligible: Restriction date ·G. Payton II (1/19) ·M. Smart (1/25) ·T. Rozier (1/30) ·J. Randle (2/3) Cannot be traded ·C. Capela ·A. McKinnie ·A. Gordon ·G. Mathews ·M. Brogdon ·K. Sykes ·T. Mann ·K. Tillie ·W. Matthews ·J. Embiid ·B. Biyombo ·D. Gafford

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Adrian Wojnarowski: The Memphis Grizzlies are signing two-way forward Killian Tillie to a new two-year, $4 million deal, sources tell ESPN. Tillie, a second-year player out of Gonzaga, has taken on a more prominent role lately with several teammates in protocols.

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Tillie will move into roster spot for guard Sam Merrill, who’s undergoing a left ankle clean-up procedure that’s expected to sideline him 3-4 months, per sources. Grizzlies will waive Merrill with an ongoing roster crunch, but they’re fond of him and he’ll stay on their radar.

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