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Riley Minix

Riley Minix is a two-way shooting forward with strong G League efficiency, but reported talks with ASVEL could erase his Cleveland projection before training camp.

Research cutoff: July 18, 2026. Working team: Cleveland Cavaliers.

Conditional 2026-27 NBA projection

GP MPG FG% FT% 3PM PTS REB AST STL BLK TO
15 7.0 .450 .780 0.5 2.5 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2

Minix made nine NBA appearances for San Antonio and Cleveland in 2025-26, averaging 3.9 points in 6.4 minutes. In the G League, he averaged 19.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.3 steals in 31.6 minutes while shooting .556 from the field and .457 from three. Cavaliers roster news · G League two-way release

Status and fantasy profile

Floor, base, ceiling

Career record

Pre-NBA: Four seasons at NAIA Southeastern University 2019-23 (14.6 PTS / 7.6 REB as a freshman, then 22.7 and 25.4 PPG in his last two years; two-time NAIA First-team All-American, two-time Sun Conference Player of the Year), then one NCAA season at Morehead State 2023-24: 20.9 PTS / 9.7 REB over 35 games with 18 double-doubles, 2024 OVC Player of the Year. Draft: undrafted (2024).

Season Age Team GP MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TO
2024-25 24 SAS 1 7.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 — 0.0
2025-26 25 SAS/CLE 9 6.4 3.9 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 .609 1.000 0.3
Career — — 10 6.5 3.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 .583 1.000 0.3

Durability: Shoulder surgery ended his 2024-25 G League season with Austin after a strong Tip-Off Tournament (20.5 PPG); healthy through 2025-26. Missed most of his 2020-21 NAIA season to injury.

Trajectory: The record is a classic small-school scorer's climb — NAIA All-American, one dominant mid-major year, undrafted, then two-way stints in San Antonio (waived December 12, 2025) and Cleveland, where his G League shooting stayed elite. Ten NBA games is no sample; the G League line is the real signal. For 2026-27 he competes for Cleveland's two-way forward depth behind Tomlin and Tyson — if the reported ASVEL move completes, the NBA projection zeroes out. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if he stays, converts to a standard deal, and wins 15-plus reserve minutes as a threes/rebounds stream.

Career sources: ESPN career stats, Wikipedia, RealGM, Basketball-Reference.

Open questions

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