Matthew Hurt, Tyus Jones Are Going To Have The Opportunity To Be Teammates In Memphis
Matthew Hurt, Tyus Jones are both from Minnesota!
Matthew Hurt is from Rochester Minnesota, Tyus Jones is from Apple Valley Minnesota!
Matthew Hurt, Tyus Jones both play collegiality on the hardwood at Duke!
For who?
Mike Krzyzewski!
Though, Matthew Hurt played two seasons at Duke while Tyus Jones played one!
As a freshman in 2019-2020, Matthew Hurt who is a forward averaged 9.7 points and 3.8 rebounds in 31 games with 22 starts
One of four Blue Devils to play in all 31 games
Finished the season 42-of-107 (.393) from three-point range, the 10th-best three-point field goal percentage by a Duke freshman (minimum 30 three-point field goals)
Shot better from the field (.492) and from three-point range (.408) in ACC play
In his debut -- a win over No. 3 Kansas in the Champions Classic (11/5) -- scored 11 points and knocked down three three-pointers
Scored 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting and added four rebounds and two blocked shots against Central Arkansas (11/12)
Logged then-career highs for both points (20) and rebounds (eight) in a victory over Winthrop (11/29)
Posted a career-high three blocked shots to go along with 10 points in a win at No. 11 Michigan State (12/3) on 4-of-8 shooting from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range
Went 6-of-9 from the floor against Wofford (12/28), finishing with 12 points and eight rebounds
Named ACC Freshman of the Week after averaging 19.0 points in conference wins over Boston College (12/31) and Miami (1/4)
Posted a then-career-high 25 points against BC, going 10-of-16 from the field and 5-of-10 from three-point range
Scored 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting against No. 11 Louisville (1/18)
Poured in 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting with six rebounds in the win over Miami (1/21)
Scored 12 points on 2-of-4 shooting and 6-of-6 from the free throw line (4-for-4 at the line in the final 11.7 seconds) and grabbed a clinching rebound in traffic in the closing seconds to secure a win over No. 8 Florida State (2/10)
Recorded his first career double-double in the Virginia Tech win (2/22), scoring 16 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field and 6-of-10 from the free throw line while grabbing 10 rebounds
Scored 12 points and brought in four rebounds at Wake Forest (2/25)
Named to the preseason watch list for the Julius Erving Award, presented to the best small forward in college basketball
As a sophomore at Duke Matthew Hurt was
Named the ACC Most Improved Player and to the All-ACC First Team
Named the USBWA District 3 Player of the Year
Named to the All-District teams by both the USBWA and the NABC
Started all 24 games his sophomore season
Led the ACC in scoring at 18.3 points per game, while ranking second in the ACC and 38th nationally in field goal percentage at .556 (64-of-295)
Shot 56-of-126 (.444) from three-point range
Recorded 6.2 rebounds per game
Boosted his scoring average from 9.7 points per game as a freshman to 18.3 as a sophomore, while his field goal percentage rose from .487 to .556, his three-point accuracy from .393 to .444 and his rebounding from 3.8 boards per game to 6.2
Posted 20+ points on 10 occasions and registered three double-doubles as a sophomore
Had 12 points on 5-of-11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds in the season-opening win over Coppin State (11/28)
Notched his second career double-double with a game-high 21 points on 6-of-14 shooting and 8-of-8 at the free throw line to go with 13 boards in the Champions Classic versus No. 8 Michigan State (12/2)
Went 9-of-12 from the floor and a career-best 6-of-8 from three-point range for 24 points against Bellarmine (12/4)
Netted a game-high 19 points on 8-of-15 shooting and brought down seven rebounds in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge versus No. 6 Illinois (12/8)
Matched his career high with four assists at Notre Dame (12/16), while also scoring 18 points and grabbing seven boards
Picked up his first ACC Player of the Week honor after averaging 21.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in a pair of wins over Boston College (1/6) and Wake Forest (1/9)
Recorded a double-double with 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds in the BC win
Registered career highs in points (26), field goals (10) and steals (3) while grabbing six rebounds against Wake Forest
Named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the USBWA following his performances against BC and Wake
Notched a double-double at Virginia Tech (1/12), scoring 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting and 4-of-8 from three-point land to go with 11 boards
Went 9-of-13 from the floor and 4-of-5 from three-point range for 24 points and eight rebounds at Louisville (1/23)
Scored 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting with eight boards in the win over Georgia Tech (1/26)
Hit 7-of-15 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free throw line to finish with 21 points at Miami (2/1)
Went 5-of-10 from the field for 13 points with four rebounds and three assists against Notre Dame (2/9)
Hit 8-of-10 shots, including 6-of-7 from three, while grabbing three boards at NC State (2/13)
Earned ACC Player of the Week for the second time after leading Duke to conference wins at Wake Forest (2/17) and against No. 7 Virginia (2/20)
Netted 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-4 from deep, to go with four rebounds and two assists at Wake
Had another 22-point effort in the victory over the Cavaliers, knocking down 8-of-13 field goal attempts and 5-of-8 three-pointers while grabbing four rebounds
Dished out a career-high five assists, brought in five boards and scored 15 points versus Syracuse (2/22)
Went 7-of-12 from the field, 2-of-2 from distance and 4-of-5 from the free throw line for 20 points and five rebounds in the ACC Tournament win over Louisville (3/10)
Named to the preseason watch list for the Karl Malone Award, presented to the nation’s best power forward
Named to Naismith Trophy watch list
Named to Wooden Award preseason and midseason watch lists
“according to Matthew Hurt’s biography on goduke.com”
In his one season at Duke in 2014-2015 Tyus Jones who is a point guard Garnered Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors and NCAA South Regional All-Tournament Most Outstanding Player recognition to become the first Blue Devil to earn both ... received All-ACC Third Team and All-ACC Freshman Team accolades ... named to the All-ACC Academic Team
Started all 39 games ... averaged 11.8 points, 5.6 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game, while adding a Duke freshman-record 2.86:1 assist to turnover ratio
Led Duke in assists (217) and steals (59), while ranking second and eighth, respectively, in the ACC in those categories ... also ranked second in the nation among freshmen in assists per game (5.6)
Just the second freshman in Duke history to record 400 points and 200 assists in the same season
Finished second on the team in three-point field goals made (47) and free throw percentage (.889) ... shot 37.9 percent from beyond the arc, third-best among his teammates
Scored in double figures 23 times with seven 20-point efforts ... led Duke in scoring eight times
Posted 24 games with five or more assists and two games with 10 or more assists ... served as team’s assist leader in 30 games
Averaged 10.6 second-half points against nationally ranked opponents ... shot 11-of-25 (.440) from beyond the arc and 59-of-65 (.908) from the free throw line in the final half of games against nationally ranked opposition
Registered two steals in five straight NCAA Tournament games leading up to the national championship
Posted a game-high 23 points on 7-of-13 (.539) shooting in the national championship game against No. 3 Wisconsin (4/6) ... nineteen of 23 points came in the second half, including 10 in the final 7:04 ... hit a pair of threes in the final five minutes of the game to secure the Duke win
Contributed six assists without a turnover and 15 points against No. 7 Gonzaga (3/29), guiding Duke to the NCAA Final Four
Hit 9-of-10 free throw attempts and added three field goals to score 15 points and push Duke past No. 19 Utah (3/27)
Scored 10 points and dished seven assists while committing just one turnover in a win over Robert Morris (3/20)
Had a career-high 24 points, 17 coming in the second half, to go along with six rebounds and seven assists versus North Carolina (3/7), making him the first Duke freshman to record at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in first two games against North Carolina ... in first game against Tar Heels (2/18), netted 22 points and closed regulation by scoring Duke’s final nine points
Netted 10 points while shooting 2-of-2 from beyond the arc and 2-of-3 from the free throw line in a Duke rout of Wake Forest (3/4) ... also recorded five assists and four rebounds in the game
Recorded back-to-back games with nine assists in victories over Clemson (2/21) and Virginia Tech (2/25)
Set a career-high 12 assists in a win over Florida State (2/9) ... also scored 16 points and brought down six rebounds
Dished seven assists without a turnover and added 12 points in a lopsided win over No. 10 Notre Dame (2/7)
Helped guide Duke to a victory over second-ranked Virginia (1/31) on the road, scoring 17 points and hitting a crucial three-pointer as the shot clocked expired and 11 seconds remained on the game clock to seal the Blue Devil victory
Posted a 14-point game on 5-of-11 (.455) shooting from the field and add two assists versus No. 8 Notre Dame (1/28)
Made all 10 of his free throw attempts en route to a 22-point scoring effort against St. John’s (1/25)
Went 7-of-11 (.636) from the field and 4-of-6 (.667) from beyond the arc to score 22 points against Pittsburgh (1/19)
Started a five-game double-digit scoring streak after providing 10 points and eight assists in a Duke win over No. 6 Louisville (1/17) on the road
Connected on 9-of-9 free throw attempts and shot 2-of-3 (.667) from beyond the arc to score 15 points against Toledo (12/29) ... registered eight assists with just one turnover
Shot 5-of-11 (.455) from the field and 9-of-10 (.900) from the charity stripe to score 21 points against Connecticut (12/18) ... brought down six rebounds and contributed three assists
Scored a team-high 22 points, including 14 in the second half, on 7-of-11 (.636) shooting against second-ranked Wisconsin (12/3) ... also added four assists and six rebounds
Posted his first double-digit assist game of the season against Army (11/30), registering 10 assists and adding 16 points
Shot a near-perfect 4-of-5 (.800) from the field and went 7-of-7 from the free throw line to score 17 points against No. 19 Michigan State (11/18) ... also had four assists without a turnover
Opened college career by scoring 15 points on 6-of-8 (.750) shooting from the floor in Duke win over Presbyterian (11/14) ... added seven assists
Then Tyus Jones was drafted in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft as the 24th pick in the first round by Cleveland before being traded to his hometown team Minnesota for the 31st first pick and 36 pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.
In Minnesota Tyus Jones would play four season for his hometown team the Minnesota Timberwolves that included 2015-2016, 2016-2017 , 2017-2018 -2019.
“according to Tyus Jones biography on nba.com”
Before signing an offer on July 8, 2019 to play for Memphis.
Since signing that offer sheet been playing for Memphis!
This season the two former Duke Men’s Basketball players who are products of Minnesota are going to have the opportunity to be teammates!
Why?
Because Memphis signed Matthew Hurt who wasn’t drafted in this years NBA Draft as a free agent!
Though, because of Memphis’s team policy the terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“according to an article on NBA.com”