Looking to shore up their interior defense, the Oklahoma City Thunder will sign free-agent center Nazr Mohammed, according to The Vertical's Shams Charania. Anthony Slater of the Oklahoman confirmed the report.
Mohammed announced the move later Saturday:
With all that being said – DRUMROLL PLEASE – I am now a proud member of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the very team I competed for a Championship with in 2012. I was days away from turning “semi-retirement” into full retirement when I received word from Sam Presti that they had interest in me returning to OKC as a player. That quickly changed the course of my plans and forced me to do some real soul-searching to see if this was something my family and I wanted.
This will be Mohammed's second stint with the Thunder, as he was a part of Oklahoma City's squad for 87 games and was a member of the 2011-12 team that made the NBA Finals.
Drafted in the first round (29th overall) of the 1998 NBA draft, Mohammed has averaged 5.8 points and 4.7 rebounds in his career with eight different teams. He averaged just under 4.0 points and 3.3 rebo ...
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