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Basketball: Former Lawrence Academy hoop star gets extension

antoine_wright.jpgPosted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

The New Jersey Nets announced on Friday that they have exercised the third-year option on the contract of guard/forward Antoine Wright, The announcement means that he will remain under contract with the Nets through the 2007-08 season. The option was reportedly worth $1.68 million.

Wright, a former standout at Groton’s Lawrence Academy and the highest ever draft pick out of Texas A&M University (15th overall in 2005), played in 39 games as a rookie, averaging 1.8 points per game in just 9.5 minutes per contest.

He spent parts of this past off-season working with veterans Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson as well as working a lot in New Jersey with Nets head coach Lawrence Frank.

“I was just working on my game, working on stuff he (Frank) thought I needed to work on in order to play on a consistent basis,� Wright said when the Nets paid a visit to Boston this preseason. “Basically, just learning how to play off the players on our team, knowing what positions to be in in order to be effective on offense.�

This preseason, Wright averaged 13.7 points and 3.1 rebounds through seven games.

Posted by Lynn Worthy on October 28, 2006 1:10 PM |

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