Joel Freeland signed a guaranteed contract with CSKA Moscow on Thursday, Sportando reports.

Freeland signed a guaranteed contract with CSKA Moscow on Thursday, Sportando reports.

Analysis:

After his previous employer, the Blazers, didn't extend a qualifying offer to Freeland, he stated his intention to return to Europe if no NBA offer came his way by the end of the free-agent moratorium. Lo and behold, he followed such a path and thus ends this portion of his career in the United States. In Portland, he never logged more than 52 games in any of his three seasons, whether it was due to injury or an inability to hold down a spot in the frontcourt. Overall, the British big man averaged 3.2 points (on 46 percent shooting) and 3.4 rebounds in 12 minutes.