Nets sign Yuta Watanabe, 6'9" forward, Raptors free agent

The Nets have signed free agent forward Yuta Watanabe, the team announced Sunday.

Watanabe was given a standard, one-year, non-guaranteed NBA contract. per league sources, The Nets now have 12 players signed to guaranteed contracts, two signed to non-guaranteed deals and one on a two-way contract. NBA teams can bring 20 players to training camp which begins four weeks from Monday.

A 6’9” wing, Watanabe has appeared in 121 games (eight starts) across four seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies (2018-20) and Toronto Raptors (2020-22). In his two stops, he’s recorded averages of 3.8 points (40.9 percent shooting from the field, 35.2 percent from 3-point range, and 66.7 percent shooting from the…