What’s the biggest issue facing the NBA? Not surprisingly, a poll of players conducted by Josh Robbins and Sam Amick of The Athletic placed the officiating at the top of the list,.
Don’t call it a comeback, but Kenneth Faried may be doing just that.
View the original article to see embedded media. At one point, Kenneth Faried was a rising star in the NBA with the Denver Nuggets. From 2013-16, he averaged at least 11.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.
Still fresh off their championship victory this summer, the Golden State Warriors have no intention of slowing down now. With Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green all healthy and ready to go for another round, the Dubs will be right in the mix for the throne out West.
The Warriors will work out some notable NBA veterans as training camp approaches.
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.
Faried holds career averages of 11.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 24.5 minutes per contest.
The Los Angeles Lakers brought in an old buddy of LeBron James’ earlier this offseason when they signed Carmelo Anthony. Now they could be signing an old buddy of Anthony Davis’ next.
The Lakers are set to take a look at free agent veteran forward Kenneth Faried this week.
So much for the Trail Blazers' dreams of an undefeated stay in Las Vegas. If Portland plays the way it did on Thursday for the remainder of Summer League, Roy Rogers' team will struggle to even be competitive, let alone pull off another victory.
The life of an NBA player has no guarantees. At one point you can be the next big thing in the sport, and the next day you find yourself struggling for opportunities in the league.
Faried, 30, appeared in seven games in the Chinese Basketball Association and was his team’s leading scorer and rebounder, with 17.3 PPG and 10.0 RPG in 29.4 minutes per contest.
So who are the free agents most able to help an NBA team?
We’re six weeks into the NBA’s free-agent period, and the market has been just about picked clean.
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