Yuki Kawamura’s pass to Zach Edey in Grizzlies-Bulls goes viral

Memphis Grizzlies guard Yuki Kawamura is with the team under an Exhibit 10 contract.

Via Grizzlies on September 6th: “The Memphis Grizzlies announced today that the team has signed forward/center Armando Bacot, guard Yuki Kawamura, guard Miye Oni and forward Maozinha Pereira.”

Kawamura is a star in Japan. In their signing announcement, the Grizzlies revealed some background information about the 5-foot-10 guard.

“Kawamura (5-8, 159) has played the past five seasons (2019-24) in the Japanese B.League, where he was named the 2022-23 Most Valuable Player as a member of the Yokohama B-Corsairs,” the Grizzlies said wrote. “The 23-year-old, who went unselected in the 2023 NBA Draft, started all 56 games for Yokohama last season, averaging 20.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists in 30.6 minutes along the way to a second consecutive selection to the B.League’s Best Five team. Kawamura represented Japan at the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics.”

In Saturday’s preseason game against the Chicago Bulls, Kawamura had an assist for rookie center Zach Edey that went viral.

About NBA on X: “Yuki Kawamura secretly sneaks a beautiful pass to Zach Edey for the stuff!”

This video has over 275,000 views and counting. Kawamura found Edey for the dunk and recorded one of his eight assists on the play.

Kawamura played 24 minutes in Saturday’s 124-121 win. In addition to his eight assists, he had two points and a steal. Kawamura is only 23 years old and wants to stay in the Grizzlies organization.

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