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After Nikola Milutinov suffered an injury in CSKA Moscow's first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game and was ruled out indefinitely, the Russian powerhouse decided to bolster their frontcourt.

Kenneth Faried

Position:PF, SFAge:31Height:203 cmWeight:103 kgBirth place:Newark, United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

CSKA announced on Saturday that they are bringing in former NBA player and World Champion Kenneth Fariedto a two-month contract with the option to extend the partnership until the end of the season.

The news were first broken by Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.

Faried will reportedly be bought out of his current contract with Leones de Ponce of Puerto Rico. This season, the 31-year-old appeared in three games for the team, averaging 12.0 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 16.3 PIR.

Faried represented Zhejiang Guangsha Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association last season, averaging 17.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.3 steals, 2.4 blocks, and 20.3 PIR.

Faried played in the NBA Summer League this summer, representing the Portland Trail Blazers and accumulating 5.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.0 steals, and 1.3 blocks over three games.

The 2.03 m big man had his best NBA season in 2013-14, putting up 13.7 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists for the Denver Nuggets.

He has appeared in 478 NBA games, averaging 11.4 points and 7.7 rebounds. Faried also represented the Houston Rockets and Brooklyn Nets in the past.

Faried helped Team USA win gold medals at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. He averaged 12.2 points and 7.7 rebounds in the tournament.

Current roster

CSKA Moscow

Position Player Status PG Daniel Hackett Signed until 2022 PG Iffe Lundberg Signed until 2023 +1 PG Ivan Ukhov Signeduntil 2023 +1 PG Alexander Khomenko Signeduntil 2022 +1 PG/SG Alexey Shved(story) Signed until 2022 +1 SG Marius Grigonis Signeduntil 2024 SF Will Clyburn Signeduntil 2022 SF Nikita Kurbanov Signeduntil 2022 +1 SF Andrei Lopatin Signeduntil 2022 PF Tornike Shengelia Signeduntil 2023 PF Johannes Voigtmann Signeduntil 2023 PF Semen Antonov Signeduntil 2024 PF/C Vladimir Ivlev(story) Signed until 2022 PF/C Kenneth Faried (story) Signed until December 2021 C Nikita Milutinov Signeduntil 2023 C Joel Bolomboy Signeduntil 2022 Coach Dimitris Itoudis Expired contract Darrun Hilliard, Michael Eric, Janis Strelnieks, Mike James (story) Rumored to leave Interested

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