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    Free agent guard Isaiah Canaan has agreed to a contract with Russian club Unics Kazaan, the team announced.

    Canaan, 29, is 6-foot-0 and was selected by the Houston Rockets out of Murray State in the second round (No. 34 overall) of the 2013 draft. 

    Along with the Rockets, the well-traveled Canaan has spent time with the Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks.

    Canaan has rebounded from a gruesome ankle injury, suffered as a member of the Suns against the Dallas Mavericks in 2018.

    He scored 32 points in January while playing for the G League's Stockton Kings and continue to be on the radar of multiple NBA teams.

    Terms of his contract with Unics Kazaan were not released.

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