Free forward John Kanchar signed a contract with Olympiakos, according to his agency GSL Sports Group (Link to Twitter) and the Greek club. In a press release In announcing the deal, the team said Kanchar had signed a two-year contract.
30-year-old Kanchar is something of a Swiss army knife. The 6’5″ wing rebounds well for his size, can handle the ball a bit and is capable of defending multiple positions, but he’s never really had a big impact on the box score. He has career averages of 4.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 17.6 minutes per night over 363 NBA regular season games.
A seven-year veteran who spent most of his career with Memphis, Kanchar was traded to Utah last season Jaren Jackson Jr blockbuster, then there was turned over to Minnesota in August with Cody Williams before being refused by the Timberwolves.
Kanchar signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Knicks for the Supplement 9 training camp in September and was expected to compete for the 14th spot on the team’s regular season roster, but he was cut out near the start of camp to settle a personal matter. The decision was mutual.
Kanchar, who has been an unrestricted free agent since Oct. 2, will play abroad at the professional level for the first time in his career with Olympiakos. He will help provide depth on the wing for a team that lacks it Evan Fournier due to shoulder and knee injuries and it’s just on hold Tyler Dorsey per month in response to a dispute in social networks, trans BasketNews.com.
Olympiakos, whose roster also includes former NBA players such as Sasha Vezenkov, Donta Halland Kostas Papanikolaouis off to a 5-1 start in the Euroleague this fall. Greece is the reigning Euroleague champion, having won the title in 2026 for the first time in 13 years.