La Liga giants Real Madrid have officially announced the signing of former NBA player and center Alex Len.

According to a previous report by renowned NBA reporter Michael Scotto, citing SIGSports, Alex Len signed a multi-year contract with Spanish giants Real Madrid. For European powerhouse Real Madrid, signing Alex Len to a multi-year contract is undoubtedly a major signing!

It is understood that Alex Len's contract includes an opt-out clause for next summer's NBA season. This means that if an NBA team extends an offer to Len next summer, he can immediately return to the NBA!

With Real Madrid's official announcement of Alex Len's signing, Len's NBA career has temporarily come to an end. He will now begin a new chapter in his career in Europe! Whether he can return to the NBA in the future depends on his performance at Real Madrid. If he performs well, there might still be a chance! Of course, it's also possible that even if an NBA team recruits him, Len might be reluctant to leave the European leagues. After all, the competition in European leagues isn't as fierce as in the NBA!

In the 2013 NBA Draft, Alex Len from Ukraine was selected fifth overall in the first round by the Phoenix Suns, thus beginning his NBA professional career. During his 12-year NBA career, Len played for the Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards, and Los Angeles Lakers.

During this time, Len played a total of 689 regular season games, averaging 17.1 minutes per game, contributing 6.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.4 steals, and 0.9 blocks, with a field goal percentage of 51%, a three-point percentage of 32.2%, and a free throw percentage of 67.8%. In 14 playoff games, he averaged 7.1 minutes, scoring 2.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.2 assists, 0.1 steals, and 0.2 blocks, with a field goal percentage of 62.5% and a free throw percentage of 69.2%.

The data doesn't lie! Alex Len's career averages show that, despite being the fifth overall pick in the 2013 draft, he failed to live up to his potential in the NBA, failing to perform at the level expected of a first-round pick and live up to his star value. This summer, as a free agent, Alex Len signed an Exhibit-9 contract with the New York Knicks. Before the start of the new season, the Knicks officially waived Alex Len. Thus, the fifth overall pick in the 2013 draft is once again without a team in the NBA!

Ultimately, with no offers from the NBA, the 32-year-old Alex Len had no choice but to leave the NBA and move to the less competitive European leagues.

With another 2013 first-round pick leaving the NBA, the league now has very few truly noteworthy 2013 first-round picks left! Besides the legendary Giannis Antetokounmpo (15th pick), the only other notable ones are Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8th pick), CJ McCollum (10th pick), Steven Adams (12th pick), Dennis Schroder (17th pick), and Rudy Gobert (27th pick).

Hopefully, Alex Len, currently in his prime, can establish himself at Real Madrid and have a chance to return to the NBA next summer! Go Alex Len!

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