The Brooklyn Nets' newly acquired shooting guard Sean Kilpatrick has been looking to find an NBA home after playing for his third NBA team in two seasons.
The Nets' new guard has given Brooklyn's front office a reason to hang on to him, as he has played his best basketball since signing his first of two 10-day contracts. Since joining the team on Feb. 28, Kilpatrick has averaged 11.9 points per game, and has vastly improved his shooting percentages, shooting 49 percent from the field and 47 percent from three-point range.
The Nets rewarded their new shooting guard by signing him to a multi-year deal. The terms of Kilpatrick's new contract with the Nets are unknown at this time, but the 26-year-old from Yonkers, N.Y., is likely happy to have finally found an NBA home.
"It's not every day that you get a New York kid playing for a New York team like this," Kilpatrick said prior to receiving his new contract. "Growing up, this is a kid's dream coming out of New York to come here and play for basically their hometown. There are a lot of guys I know in the NBA from New York that would die for a position like this."
It's been a long road for the young Nets shooting guard, as he started the 2015-16 preseason with the New Orleans Pelicans and spent a good part of the year playing for the Delaware 87ers in the NBA Developmental league. Prior to arriving in Brooklyn, Kilpatrick had signed two 10-day contracts with the Denver Nuggets, but he never gave up on his dream despite moving from team to team.
"A situation like this can be taken away from you at any given moment," Kilpatrick said. "I'm just going to continue to take each and every day - especially practices and games - as a 10 day. That helps motivate you as well as continue to make sure you're working hard. I just want to make sure I continue having that 10-day mentality and make sure that all my hard work continues to keep paying off."
