Capitanes de la Ciudad de México received some good news following their post-season elimination from the NBA G League. The Portland Trail Blazers recruited Skylar Mays, guard for the Mexican team, through a 10-day contract. he is the first call up in 2023 and a quarter in the history of Capitanes, a club that began its participation in the development league in 2021, two years following its incorporation was made official.
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Mays, a graduate of Louisiana State University (LSU), made his NBA debut in 2020 with the Atlanta Hawks jersey, with whom he signed a dual contract. He played 61 games in the Association between 2020 and 2022, including nine in the playoffs. Then he went through the College Park Skyhawks and Delaware Blue Coats, affiliates of the Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers, respectively, before landing in Mexico City. In Captains, Mays stood out in the final part of the 2022-2023 G League season: disputed 16 games, averaging 19.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 6.1 assists.
Before Mays, Capitanes had placed Gary Clark (New Orleans Pelicans), Alfonzo McKinnie (Chicago Bulls) and Matt Mooney (New York Knicks) in the NBA. All three calls occurred during the 2021-2022 season. Mays also became the 50th call up total from G League to NBA for the current year. The born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will be available to coach Chauncey Billups beginning Friday, March 30, when the Blazers face the Sacramento Kings in Game 2 back to back. The Oregon team, right now, is marching out of the playoff zone; It is in 13th place in the Western Conference (32-44 record), five games from the tenth box, the last one that offers tickets to the Play-In.
Capitanes CDMX was unable to access the G League playoffs. Ramón Díaz’s team finished the regular season with a record of 18-14in eighth place in the West zone, eliminated by differential points by Rio Grande Valley Vipers, current champion of the circuit.
