Veteran big man Kenneth Faried has signed a G League contract, league sources tell Marc Stein (Twitter link). Stein first reported on Friday that a contract had been sent to Faried.
A first-round pick in the 2011 draft, Faried appeared in 478 regular season games from 2011-19. The 6’8″ power forward played for the Nuggets for most of his career, but also spent time with Brooklyn and Houston in 2018/19. He played for Portland’s Summer League team earlier this year.
Although Faried has solid career averages of 11.4 PPG and 8.1 RPG in 24.5 minutes per contest, he isn’t a great rim protector or floor spacer, which has limited his appeal to NBA teams in recent years. The 32-year-old has played in China, Puerto Rico, and Russia since 2019 — he recently finished a two-month contract with CSKA Moscow.
The G League is on a brief hiatus right now, as the start of its regular season has been pushed back to January 5 to give teams more time to adjust to the recent exodus of talent to the NBA. As Stein points out, Faried himself is a candidate to earn a 10-day hardship deal with an NBA team. If he doesn’t, he’ll be available to any G League club, first on waivers and then (if he goes unclaimed) via the player pool.
Nba vets going to the g league to try make the nba starting 5
Isiah Thomas Joe Johnson Lance Stephenson Kennith Faried and Greg Monroe.
Would love to see Kendrick Perkins, Richard Jefferson and some of those broadcaster guys come back. Micheal Beasley I bet he still has a couple 20 point games in him. Jamal Crawford to make a late run for sixth man, once again?
JJ Reddick could find a spot surely, Deron Williams was boxing just last week could we see the return of the traditional PG?