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Pitt G Jamarius Burton Adds Two More NBA Workouts

The former Pitt Panthers star continues his trip around the NBA for pre-draft workouts.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt G Jamarius Burton Adds Two More NBA Workouts
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PITTSBURGH -- Former Pitt Panthers guard Jamarius is first off an All-ACC campaign in which he led the program back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years and during that run, NBA teams took notice. 

Now Burton is on a tour of professional basketball, making stops for pre-draft workouts with four different teams. He already had the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies on his schedule, but now the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics are also involved, according to a report from Lauren Williams of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

Burton, a transfer from Texas Tech and Wichita State who spent two seasons at Pitt, averaged 12.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game on 40% shooting from the field over 34 minutes per game during the 2021-22 season before making a massive leap in his final season of college basketball.

In 2022-23, Burton averaged 15.2 points, 4.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds per night while shooting 48.8% from the floor on the way to First-Team All-ACC honors.

While Burton might be a longshot to get selected at all in the limited 60 picks of the NBA Draft, the Celtics own pick No. 35 and the Hawks own picks No. 15 and 46.

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Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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