By Ifeanyi Ibeh with agency reports
November 26, 2010
Nigerian basketball star, Ime Udoka, has rejoined the San Antonio Spurs and featured in Thursday’s 113-109 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The 33-year-old, a 6-foot-5 guard-forward, spent last season with the Sacramento Kings, where he played in 69 games and averaged 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds in 15.4 minutes per game.
He previously played for the San Antonio Spurs in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, where he averaged 5.1 points and 3.0 rebounds in 140 regular season games, and 5.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in 21 playoff games.
He had also, over the course of his six years NBA career, played for the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers but had been a free agent since been released by the Timberwolves.
“It’s great to be back, and I know the system,” Udoka told The Oregonian. “The coaches know what I do from my two years, and I know the terminology and fit right in. And I’m very comfortable with the guys.”
Since becoming a free agent this summer, Udoka had worked out with the Chicago Bulls and declined several offers to play for a European club side.
“I didn’t want to go to camp just for the sake of going to camp,” he said. “I understood it might be a little slower with a down personal year for me last year with a team that wasn’t that good in Sacramento.”
Udoka, who will be paid the veteran’s minimum of $1.146 million, signed a non-guaranteed contract, meaning the deal won’t become guaranteed unless he is still on the roster come January 10 next year.
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