{"id":2291,"date":"2013-07-11T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.stub.com\/hq\/news\/nets-re-sign-blatche-ink-livingston\/"},"modified":"2013-07-11T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T12:51:00","slug":"nets-re-sign-blatche-ink-livingston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/nets-re-sign-blatche-ink-livingston\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets re-sign Blatche, ink Livingston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) &#8211; The Brooklyn Nets made a pair of signings on Thursday, inking free agent guard Shaun Livingston and re-signing forward\/center Andray Blatche to undisclosed contracts.<\/p>\n<p>In his first season with the Nets, the 6-foot-11 Blatche averaged 10.3 points and 5.1 rebounds. He was the only Net to appear in all 82 games.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-year veteran, who spent his first seven seasons with the Washington Wizards, holds career averages of 9.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.0 blocks over 491 games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andray was a vital member of our team last season,&#8221; said Nets general manager Billy King. &#8220;He provides valuable front court depth, and we look forward to his continued contribution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Livingston, an eight-year veteran who has played for seven different teams, averaged 6.3 points, 3.3 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 66 games last season for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shaun&#8217;s abilities give our roster added versatility in the backcourt,&#8221; said King. &#8220;His basketball acumen and the way he plays the game are a great fit for this team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Livingston, who was the fourth overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, holds career averages of 6.7 points and 3.5 assists in 390 contests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) &#8211; The Brooklyn Nets made a pair of signings on Thursday, inking free agent guard Shaun Livingston and re-signing forward\/center Andray Blatche to undisclosed contracts. In his first season with the Nets, the 6-foot-11 Blatche averaged 10.3 points and 5.1 rebounds. He was the only Net to appear in all 82 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[160,159,158],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-nets","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-jersey-nets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}