Report: Teddy Allen to join Denver Nuggets for NBA Summer League
Stephen Wagner
LAS CRUCES – Former New Mexico State star and 2022 WAC Player of the Year Teddy Allen will join the Denver Nuggets for the NBA Summer League, according to multiple reports.
KTSM's Colin Deaver was the first to report Allen would join the Nuggets before the team tweeted a photo of Allen with Nuggets head coach Mike Malone in team gear at its practice facility. 104.3 FM The Fan reported the Nuggets' Summer League roster Friday.
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Allen will be one of 16 players on the roster with the hopes of earning a NBA contract before the season begins.
Allen averaged 19.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game in his lone season with the Aggies and led the team to its first official NCAA Tournament win since 1970 with his 37-point performance against UConn in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64. Allen was named WAC Tournament MVP for helping NMSU defeat Grand Canyon and Abilene Christian to punch its title to March Madness in his first NCAA Tournament game since 2017, when he played in the Sweet 16 while at West Virginia.
He also played collegiately at Nebraska and Western Nebraska Community College before landing at NMSU in 2021.
Allen will look to become the second undrafted Aggie to sign a NBA contract this offseason after Trevelin Queen signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on the first day of free agency.