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The Sixers on Friday made a couple of late-season roster moves.
The team announced that it converted Dalen Terry from a two-way contract to a standard NBA deal. The Athletic's Tony Jones reported that Terry's contract includes a team option for next season. The Sixers waived Cameron Payne to make room for Terry on the roster.
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Terry was the 18th overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft. Since joining the Sixers in the middle of this season , Terry's appeared in 13 games and averaged 4.3 points, 1.8 assists and 1.5 rebounds in 13.0 minutes per contest.
He's a versatile 6-foot-6 wing who passes well and has had good steal and block rates through his NBA career. Terry's been a subpar shooter as a professional. Over 217 games in the NBA, he's gone 44.2 percent from the field, 31.4 percent from three-point range and 64.2 percent at the foul line.
Terry joins Dominick Barlow and Jabari Walker as Sixers converted from two-way to standard NBA contracts this year.
The Sixers signed Payne in February and the 31-year-old guard came back to the NBA from Serbia. Payne played 22 games in his second stint with the Sixers and averaged 7.4 points, 2.6 assists and 2.0 rebounds.
He suffered a right hamstring strain during the Sixers' loss last Saturday to the Pistons. On Sunday, a team official said Payne would be re-evaluated in approximately two weeks.
