CJ Fulton has formally signed with NBA franchise Minnesota Timberwolves.

The 23-year-old Belfast man has been in america for pre-season with the back-to-back Western Convention finalists in anticipation of a contract which is now confirmed.

Within the coming days, Fulton is predicted to be waived to Iowa Wolves within the G-League – the NBA’s team-affiliated growth league that begins in November – which is able to present a chance to develop and work his means into the complete Timberwolves squad.

“It is a means of protecting me across the franchise and dealing my means up,” he defined to BBC Sport NI earlier in September.

Fulton missed out on choice on the NBA Draft in June, however debuted for the Timberwolves throughout the NBA Summer time League.

He performed 4 minutes of their 89-85 win in opposition to the Phoenix Suns in July, making him the third Irish-born participant to take to the courtroom on the highest stage in america after Pat Burke and Susan Moran.

The previous St Malachy’s School pupil then performed 17 minutes in opposition to the Houston Rockets, scoring two factors with two assists and two steals.

He initially caught the eye of the Timberwolves along with his shows in faculty basketball for Lafayette and the Charleston Cougars, averaging 7.8 factors and 6.5 assists per sport for the latter throughout his senior 12 months.

The Minnesota membership start their six-game pre-season schedule on Sunday, 5 October in opposition to the Denver Nuggets in San Diego.