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Indiana Pacers sign ex-Bradley guard Lemon

Former Bradley guard Walt Lemon, Jr. signed a contract with the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, the team announced.

Terms were not disclosed as Indiana’s roster now stands at 20.

Lemon, a 6-3, 183-pound guard, has played professional basketball since graduating from BU in 2014.

In 2017-18, he reached the NBA for a short stint with New Orleans, averaging 3.4 points in five games. Last season, he played six games with the Chicago Bulls, averaging 14.3 points and 5.0 assists.

Lemon, a Chicago native, totaled 1,721 points in his four-year Bradley career, ranking seventh on the school’s all-time scoring list.