Posted at 12:25 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2002
Savovic formally signs with Denver Nuggets
Advertiser Staff
Former University of Hawai'i basketball star Predrag Savovic signed a contract with the Denver Nuggets yesterday.Savovic, who was not drafted, received a contract for this season and a club option for a second year.
Terms were not disclosed.
Savovic, 26, averaged 20.3 points per game for UH this past season. The 6-foot-6, 225 pound guard is Hawai'i’s all-time leader in three-point field goals.
The Nuggets also signed rookies Vincent Yarbrough and Lorinza Harrington to contracts, General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe announced yesterday.
Yarbrough, a second-round pick in the 2002 NBA draft and the 33rd selection overall, averaged 18.1 points per game as a senior at the University of Tennessee last season. The 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward left Tennessee as the school’s all-time leader in steals (211).
Harrington, also a guard, averaged 14.8 points per game while shooting .515 from the field as a senior at Wingate University last season. The 6-4, 180-pounder also averaged 6.4 assists per game and 5.9 rebounds per game.
