Kenneth Faried explains why he chose Reggio Emilia.

Kenneth Faried, Reggio Emilia’s market hit, introduces himself

It will be at Unahotels Reggio Emilia that Kenneth Faried will write the next chapter in a career that, between 2011 and 2020, saw him star in the NBA, wearing the jackets of the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets. "The Manimal" has accepted the challenge of the biancorosso club, explaining what prompted him to come to Italy.

"I am really excited to be able to continue my career in Italy and have the’opportunity’to showcase all my skills’with the Reggio Emilia jersey," began the native of Newark, New Jersey. “This team has a great culture and its fans, from what I have heard, participate with enormous energy in games".

"All the more reason, given these premises, I want to put all my determination and toughness on the parquet at the disposal of the club, so that the Reggio Emilia community can immediately welcome me as one of them"” the 1989-born basketball player pointed out again to the official channels of the Emilian company.

After his long militancy in the NBA, Faried has worn the uniforms of CSKA Moscow (Russia), Grand Rapids Gold, Austin Spurs (both in the G-League), Capitanes de Ciudad de Mexico, Cangrejeros de Santurce, Leones de Ponce and Soles de Mexicali (the latter four in Mexico) over the past four years. As of today, the Italian adventure begins.