Wyoming's Josh Adams
has signed with the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets
and will audition for his hometown team during the NBA Summer League in
Las Vegas July 8-18. It marks the second-season a Cowboy has played in
the NBA Summer League, Larry Nance, Jr. played for the Los Angeles
Lakers summer squad after being selected 27th overall in the NBA Draft
in 2015.
A native of Parker, Colo., Adams averaged 24.7 points per game in
2015-16 for first in the Mountain West and third in the NCAA. He also
paced the Pokes at 5.5 rebounds per contest, 4.2 assists and 1.5 steals,
while ranking in the top 10 of 11 different MW statistical categories.
His 3.2 threes per game also led the conference and ranked 15th in the
nation.
He scored 740 points last season to break Wyoming's single-season record
of 701 by Flynn Robinson in 1964-65. Adams also made 94 threes last
season to rank second in Cowboy single-season history, which includes a
school-record nine in Wyoming's win at Colorado State on Feb. 20. Other
highlights for Adams include a career-high 38 points in Wyoming's
victory at New Mexico on Jan. 16, the program's first win in The Pit
since 2003. He scored 30 or more in nine games and 20 or more in 21
contests during his senior season.
Adams earned Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America honors. The
senior guard was the 17th Cowboy to be named an All-American and first
since Josh Davis in 2002.
The Nuggets signee was also named All-MW First Team by the league's
coaches, tabbed MW Player of the Year by the conference's media and
claimed All-District honors from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association
and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.