Larkin signs with same Spanish team as Bargnani
After three seasons in the NBA, Shane Larkin is taking his talents to Europe.
The former Nets, Knicks, and Mavericks point guard has signed with Spanish team Saski Baskonia - also known as Laboral Kutxa - where he'll join Andrea Bargnani, his teammate in each of the last two seasons with the Nets and Knicks.
Larkin was coming off a career-year last season with Brooklyn, where he averaged 7.3 points, 4.4 assists, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.2 steals in 22 minutes per game off the Nets' bench. The 23-year-old also shot better than 36 percent from 3-point range.
Larkin opted out of a 2016-17 player option with Brooklyn that would have paid him $1.5 million.
Larkin, who appeared in 202 NBA games since being selected 18th overall in the 2013 NBA Draft, joins a Baskonia team that also features Roddy Beaubois and Tornike Shengelia in addition to Bargnani.
Baskonia made the Euroleague Final Four last season.