Jahmai Mashack fouls out with 10 fouls in NBA Summer League debut

The NBA Summer League gives players 10 fouls in a game. Jahmai Mashack took advantage of every single one of them with the Memphis Grizzlies Monday night in his debut in the Salt Lake City Summer League.
Mashack fouled out when he tried to take a charge with 1:46 left in the fourth quarter of a 112-111 loss to the Utah Jazz. He played 23 minutes off the bench, finishing with four points, five rebounds and nine assists.
The Grizzlies officially announced the addition of Mashack on social media on Sunday. Memphis picked him in the second round of the NBA Draft on June 26, selecting the former Tennessee Basketball lockdown defender with the final pick of the draft.
‘I’ve always wanted to be and strived to be a winner’
Mashack was selected by the Houston Rockets on draft night, but traded to the Grizzlies via the Warriors. Mashack had an introductory press conference in Memphis on June 26.
“I’m excited because I’ve always been about winning,” Mashack said at the time, “and I’ve always wanted to be and strived to be a winner and I think that fits what they’re trying to do, as well.”
Mashack was part of a seven-team trade that became official Sunday, attaching him to the Golden State Warriors. That trade had to become official before the Grizzlies trade with the Warriors, in which Memphis acquired Mashack, could become official.
Phoenix acquired the most players, getting Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming, Koby Brea, Daeqwon Plowden and a second-round pick. Houston got Kevin Durant and Clint Capela and Brooklyn got two second-round picks.
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Golden State got Mashack, who was later traded to Memphis for Florida guard Will Richard with the No. 56 overall pick, and Alex Toohey. Atlanta got a second-round swap, David Roddy and cash, the Lakers got Adou Theiro and Minnesota got Rocco Zikarsky, two second-round picks and cash.
Jahmai Mashack at Tennessee: 4.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists in 137 games
The 6-foot-4, 202-pound Fontana, Calif., native, was considered one of the best perimeter defenders in college basketball last season while averaging 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 38 games as a senior with the Vols.
Mashack averaged 4.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 137 games at Tennessee over the last four seasons. He left the Vols tied with Zakai Zeigler for the most wins (109) for a four-year player in men’s basketball program history.
He also appeared in the most NCAA Tournament wins (9) and tournament games (13) in program history and set the program record for total steals (18) and single-game steals (5) in NCAA Tournament games.
“Mashack was the best defensive player in college basketball this year,” The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie wrote of Mashack in his NBA Draft profile, “and might be one of the best perimeter defenders on the planet right now. This is not an exaggeration.”