University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Hinson Signs Exhibit 10 Deal with Golden State
9/20/2024 12:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – 2024 First Team All-ACC selection Blake Hinson agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with the Golden State Warriors as announced on social media by HoopsHype's Michael Scotto late Thursday evening. Golden State will hold training camp at the George Q. Cannon Activities Center on the campus of BYU-Hawaii in the town of Laie, with practices from Oct. 1-4.
Hinson averaged 10.9 points and 2.5 rebounds, while making 21 three-pointers during 2024 NBA Summer League play with the Los Angeles Lakers. He capped off the summer league with a 25-point effort with five three-pointers in a 107-81 win over Chicago in Las Vegas.
An Exhibit 10 contract allows Hinson to compete for a two-way spot in training camp. The Warriors can also retain his G League rights if he does not make the NBA roster, which will allow him to play for the Santa Cruz Warriors.
Hinson averaged 18.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, while scoring 20 or more points 15 times. He made a school record 110 three-point field goals, in leading Pitt to a 22-11 record (12-8 ACC), fourth-place league finish, and an ACC Tournament Semifinal appearance. Hinson shot a career-best 42.1 percent from three-point range and finished tied for 11th in the ACC record books in three-point field goals.
Hinson holds three of the top seven games in program history for most threes, including a school record nine three-pointers in wins over West Virginia and Louisville during the 2023-24 campaign. His 41-point outburst against Louisville is tied for the third most points in a game by a Panther and is a Pitt Petersen Events Center record.
The Deltona, Fla., native left his mark in just two seasons at Pitt, becoming the fourth fastest player to score 1,000 career points (61 games), while totaling 1,159 points (16.8 ppg.), 363 rebounds (5.3 rpg.), and 207 three-point field goals in 69 total games. He finished his Pitt career ranked 30th in scoring and seventh in three-point field goals, and sixth in three-point percentage (.401). Hinson also set a school record for threes per game (3.0 3pg.) and joined Michael Young (2016, 2017) as the only Panthers to garner All-ACC accolades in multiple seasons.
Hinson also received the 2024 Panther Award and is now honored on Pitt's prestigious Varsity Walk.
Honors & Awards
2023-24
NABC District 2 Second Team
First Team All-ACC
USBWA Oscar Robertson National POTW Watch List (Feb. 27)
USBWA All-America Watch List (Feb. 27)
USBWA Oscar Robertson National POTW (Feb. 20)
Naismith National Player of the Week (Feb. 19)
ESPN National Player of the Week (Feb. 19)
CollegeInsider.com Lute Olson National POTW (Feb. 19)
ACC Player of the Week (Dec. 11, Feb. 19)
2022-23
Second Team All-ACC
Riley Wallace Award - Top Impact Transfer
ACC Co-Player of the Week (Dec. 23)
Seth Greenberg Players of the Week (Jan. 30)
