For Immediate Release
CLIPPERS SIGN FREE AGENT REGGIE EVANS
12/22/11
The Los Angeles Clippers today signed free agent forward Reggie Evans. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not announced.
The 31-year old averaged a career-high 11.5 rebounds per game last season for the Toronto Raptors in 35 appearances while making 22 starts. Evans averaged 26.6 minutes and 4.4 points per game for the Raptors, while missing significant time due to a fractured right foot suffered on Nov. 26, 2010.
The 6-foot-8 Evans comes to the Clippers having appeared in 572 career games, averaging 4.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 19.5 minutes. A nine-year NBA veteran, Evans ranked among the NBAs top 10 players in rebounds per 48 minutes for six straight seasons from 2003-09.
Not drafted after a stellar two-year collegiate career at the University of Iowa in which he scored 1,054 points and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2002 Big Ten Tournament, Evans signed as a free agent with Seattle in 2002. The Pensacola, Fla. native has also played for Denver, Philadelphia and Toronto in his NBA career and appeared in 27 playoff games.
The Clippers roster currently stands at 13.
Evans line is as follows: