AUGUST 13: The Kings have announced the signing in a press release.
“It is great to welcome Alex back to the Kings,” GM Monte McNair said. “Alex will add toughness, competitiveness and experience while securing our front line depth.”
AUGUST 2: The Kings are set to sign journeyman free agent center Alex Len to a two-season contract, per Shams Charania of The Athletic (via Twitter). The two-year deal will be worth $7.65MM, tweets Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
This will be Len’s second stint with Sacramento. He previously played on the Kings for a portion of the 2019/20 NBA season.
The fifth overall selection out of Maryland in 2013 by the Suns, Len also logged time with the Hawks. Atlanta eventually traded Len for his first tour of duty with the Kings.
Len, 28, most recently suited up for the Wizards for the majority of the 2020/21 season. After initially inking a one-year, $2.32MM deal with the Raptors in the 2020 offseason, Len fell out of the Toronto rotation quickly. The Raptors eventually waived Len. After clearing waivers, he then signed on with the Wizards for the rest of the season.
The seven-footer was able to carve out more rotation minutes at his next NBA stop, operating as a solid contributor to a playoff-bound club with Washington. For the balance of the 2020/21 season, Len averaged 6.6 PPG, 4.1 RPG, and 1.0 BPG across 15.3 MPG in 64 games, including 42 starts.
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Kings are very busy on Hield Schroeder trade
They don’t have time to sign free agents
Tim should hire you.
Why don’t you write in haiku? I think you could pull it off with little extra thought. It would give your posts better rhythm. Right now it just seems like you have schizophrenia with broken sentences and Reddit spacing. I wish I could talk all my crap in a haiku.
They liked him there the first time, so here’s round two.
For a guy who got waived by the raptors in the first month of the season, Len has done pretty well for himself.