A month and a half after being released by the Rockets, Pablo Prigioni has caught on with a new team — his old team in Spain. Saski Baskonia announced today that it has signed Prigioni, bringing the veteran point guard back to Europe after he played the last four seasons in the NBA. Prigioni spent time with Baskonia several years ago prior to arriving stateside to play in the NBA.
Prigioni, 39, made his NBA debut for the Knicks back in 2012, and spent two and a half seasons with the team before being traded to Houston. He was subsequently traded to the Nuggets, waived by Denver, signed by the Clippers, and then signed by the Rockets this past summer. Although Prigioni’s two-year, minimum-salary deal was guaranteed for 2016/17, he was the victim of a roster crunch in Houston, with the team opting to waive him rather than Tyler Ennis at the end of the preseason.
In 270 career regular-season NBA games, Prigioni averaged 3.5 PPG and 2.8 APG in 16.9 minutes per contest, with a solid shooting line of .425/.379/.872. He also appeared in 33 postseason games, including 17 with the Rockets during the club’s run to the Western Conference Finals in 2015.
Prigioni, who drew interest from Spanish powerhouse Barcelona as well, will join a Baskonia team that has employed several former Knicks and/or Nets players this season, including Shane Larkin, Andrea Bargnani, and Tornike Shengelia. Baskonia is 7-4 in ACB action so far, and 6-4 in Euroleague play.