Iowans in the NBA: Quite a first full season for Monte Morris

Monte Morris of Iowa State, who had played in just three NBA games before this season, averaged 10.4 points for the Denver Nuggets in the 2018-19 season.

That's pretty good.

Morris was a second-round draft pick of the Nuggets in 2017 and spent almost the entire season in the NBA G-League. He played in all 82 games this season for Denver, which had the second-best record in the Western Conference.

Here are the season statistics for former Iowa State and Iowa players who played in the NBA and the NBA G-League this season:

NBA

Monte Morris, Denver (Iowa State)

: 82 games, 10.4 points per game, 2.4 rebounds per game, 3.6 assists per game, 49.3 percent field goals, 41.4 percent three-point field goals, 24.0 minutes per game.

Abdel Nader, Oklahoma City (Iowa State):

61 games, 4.0 ppg, 1.9 rbg.

Georges Niang, Utah (Iowa State)

: 59 games, 4.0 ppg, 1.5 rbg, 0.6 apg.

Deonte Burton, Oklahoma City (Iowa State):

32 games, 2.6 ppg.

Naz Mitrou-Long, Utah (Iowa State):

14 games, 1.1 ppg, 1.1 apg.

NBA G-League

Naz Mitrou-Long, Salt Lake City

: 32 games, 18.7 ppg, 4.9 rbg, 4.8 apg.

Deonte Burton, Oklahoma City Blue:

24 games, 16.9 ppg, 5.0 rbg, 3.3 apg.

Peter Jok, Northern Arizona (Iowa):

43 games, 14.5 ppg, 4.7 rbg, 40.9 percent three-point field goals, 117 three-point goals made.

Adam Woodbury, Grand Rapids (Iowa)

: 38 games, 6.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg.

Abdel Nader, Oklahoma City Blue:

3 games, 25.5 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3.3 apg.

Georges Niang, Salt Lake City:

3 games, 21.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.3 apg.