ATLANTA, GA — The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club has signed center Cole Aldrich,
it was announced today.
Aldrich has played eight NBA seasons with Oklahoma City, Houston, Sacramento,
New York, the LA Clippers and Minnesota, averaging 3.1 points and 3.3 rebounds
in 10.0 minutes (.527 FG%, .738 FG%) in 339 career games (23 starts).
He was originally drafted by New Orleans in the first round (11th overall) of
the 2010 NBA Draft, and was traded to Oklahoma City in a draft-night trade.
Aldrich attended Bloomington Jefferson High School (Bloomington, MN) before a
three-year career at Kansas. He was a consensus second-team All-American
following his junior season in 2010, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in 2009
and won a national championship with the Jayhawks in 2008.
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