Longtime NBA forward Kenneth Faried was offered a $2MM contract by Guangsha of the Chinese Basketball Association but turned it down, Emiliano Carchia of Sportando tweets. The Chinese team may increase its offer to try to convince Faried to play overseas, Carchia adds.
Faried, who turns 30 next month, drew minimal interest on the free agent market this offseason despite a productive NBA career which began in 2011. He played for the Nuggets from 2011-18, then was traded last offseason to Brooklyn in a salary dump. He didn’t find a rotation role under coach Kenny Atkinson, appearing in just 12 games.
Faried was waived by the Nets last January after agreeing to a buyout on his $13.7MM contract, then signed with the Rockets. With Clint Capela battling injuries, Faried appeared in 25 games with Houston, including 13 starts, and averaged 12.9 PPG and 8.2 RPG in 24.4 MPG. He also saw action in six postseason games off the bench.
Faried has averaged 11.4 PPG and 8.1 RPG in 478 career regular-season games but lacks a 3-point shot and doesn’t offer much of a shot-blocking presence (0.8 BPG).
Don’t want our NBA teams on tv, just our players to fill their stadiums?
Faried went 9/26 from three last season
He had to work on his 3-point shot to remain in the Rockets rotation when Capela returned to the lineup. He actually looked pretty good.
Faried to GSW. They could do with a bench scorer or just people that can put the ball in the basket in general.
Faried can’t possibly be any worse than Marquese Chriss.
Speaking of Marquese Chriss, he has already been benched by the Warriors and they’re down 4 players and can barely form a 10-man rotation even with both of their 2-way guys from the G-League on the roster. Ouch.