 Faried in August 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 35 – Soles de Mexicali | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward / center | ||||||||||||||
| League | LNBP | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | November 19, 1989 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Technology (Newark, New Jersey) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Morehead State (2007–2011) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2011: 1st round, 22nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Denver Nuggets | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2011–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2018 | Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Brooklyn Nets | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Zhejiang Lions | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Leones de Ponce | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Grand Rapids Gold | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Austin Spurs | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Mexico City Capitanes | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Cangrejeros de Santurce | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Mexico City Capitanes | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Leones de Ponce | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Soles de Mexicali | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Bernard Faried Lewis[1] (/fərˈiːd/ fə-REED; born November 19, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Soles de Mexicali of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). Known as "the Manimal" due to his hustle on the court, he attended Morehead State University for four years, twice being named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year.[2] He finished his collegiate career as the NCAA all-time leading rebounder in the post-1973 era with 1,673 rebounds. He was selected 22nd overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets.
Faried played for the United States national team at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where he won a gold medal and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
nytimes_20110316was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hochman, Benjamin (December 11, 2011). "Nuggets rookie Faried lives up to "Manimal" nickname". The Denver Post. Retrieved June 17, 2020.