Free agent point guard Chris Chiozza has signed with Karşıyaka Basket for the 2025/26 season, the Turkish team announced (Instagram link; hat tip to Sportando).
After going undrafted out of Florida in 2018, Chiozza spent his first four professional seasons bouncing between the NBA and the G League, mostly on two-way contracts. He appeared in 91 regular season contests with the Rockets, Wizards, Nets and Warriors, last suiting up for Golden State during the ’21/22 campaign.
The 29-year-old has spent the past three seasons overseas, playing and Spain and Turkey. He played for Manisa Basket last season, which — like Karşıyaka — also competes in Turkey’s Basketball Super League.
Here are a few more international notes:
- Ex-NBA big man Devontae Cacok has officially signed a one-year deal with Spanish club UCAM Murcia, as Emiliano Carchia of Sportando relays. Cacok played parts of three NBA seasons with the Lakers and Spurs from 2019-22. He played in Russia during the ’22/23 season and spent the past two seasons with Virtus Bologna. The Italian team released Cacok in November due to a knee injury, but evidently he is fully recovered now.
- Speaking of Virtus Bologna, the EuroLeague club is reportedly interested in Kenneth Faried, according to Carchia, who cites a report from La Prealpina. The 6’8″ power forward averaged 11.4 points and 8.1 rebounds over eight NBA seasons but has been out of the league since ’18/19. Faried, 35, has played in the NBAGL, China, Russia, Italy and Puerto Rico over the past several years.
- Pallacanestro Cantù, which was promoted to Italy’s top domestic league (Serie A) in June following a four-year hiatus, has expressed interest in Patrick McCaw, according to Italian outlet La Provincia (hat tip to Carchia). The former second-round pick won three titles with the Warriors and Raptors during his five years in the NBA, last suiting up for Toronto in ’20/21. Known for his defense, McCaw has spent most of the past four years in the G League with the Delaware Blue Coats, Philadelphia’s affiliate.