2023-08-01 10:37:46
Los Toronto Raptors have been reinforced with the signature of Garrett Temple, veteran bodyguard 37 years who will play his fourteenth season in the NBA and extend his legend as a first-class globetrotter in the American league. The player was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will have played for 12 franchises since his league debut as an undrafted player last year 2009.
This data will make Temple the sixth player of all time who has played for 12 or more teams throughout his career at the highest level in the United States. Ish Smith, current member of the champions Denver Nuggetsis the absolute record holder with 13 teams in 13 seasons in the NBA. The others who have 12 franchises on their service sheet are those already retired Chucky Brown (1989-2002), Tony Massenburg (1991-2005), Jim Jackson (1993-2006) y Joe Smith (1995-2011).
Temple started his NBA career in Houston, but already in that first season in the league he played games with Sacramento and San Antonio. Other destinations where he has passed are Charlotte, Washington, Memphis, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Chicago and New Orleans. This shooting guard’s career averages are modest, with 6.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in a total of 716 appearances and 20.9 minutes on average. His most outstanding season was 19-20 with the Nets, when he accumulated 62 games and 35 starts with an average scoring average of 10.3 points.
Among active NBA players, Temple has the third-most teammates he has had throughout his long career as a journeyman and globetrotter in the league. Total, has shared a changing room with 220 players, and precisely his facet as group glue is one of his most valued intangibles within the American competition. Only Jeff Green, with 247 teammates on 11 teams, and Smith, with 230 teammates on 13 teams, top him in this stat today.
Temple had been cut by the Pelicans at the beginning of July, in a key movement to reduce the salary bill for the New Orleans team, where he had spent the last two seasons as a teammate of the new Barça reference Willy Hernangómez.
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