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Re-Introducing the Manimal: Kenneth Faried returns home

Kenneth Faried had a lot to say in his first media session in Brooklyn and why not? He’s excited to be home, a 45-minute drive away from his home of Newark, New Jersey.

While pundits and fans may have their own view of how things will play out for the “Manimal”, he simplified his goals earlier today saying he wants just wants to play basketball … although he did mention that thing about messing it all up in the process. Manimal as Disrupter!

“For me it’s, ‘Hey, come in here and be yourself. Kenneth, you’re basically a rookie again, take it as that because you’re on a new team, they have people starting in place, a whole rotation.