The Brooklyn Nets signed free agent ahead Yuta Watanabe on Sunday.
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed for the 27-year-old, who was the second Japanese participant to achieve the NBA when he made his league debut in 2018.
After going undrafted out of George Washington, Watanabe spent two seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies and two with the Toronto Raptors. In 2021-22, he noticed motion in 38 video games (4 begins), averaging 4.3 factors and a couple of.4 rebounds throughout 11.7 minutes per contest for Toronto.
His finest season got here in 2020-21, when he averaged profession highs of 4.4 factors, 3.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists whereas capturing 40 p.c from 3-point vary throughout 50 appearances (4 begins) for the Raptors.
–Field Level Media