The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced Monday that former Kings guard Tyreke Evans has been reinstated after serving a two-year drug ban.
The NBA and the players association released a statement saying Evans, 32, is an unrestricted free agent who will be free to sign with any team in the league as soon as Friday.
"The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today granted the request of Tyreke Evans to be reinstated as an NBA player, after Evans was dismissed and disqualified from the league on May 17, 2019, for testing positive for a prohibited substance under the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program," the statement said. "Pursuant to an agreement between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association, Evans is now an Unrestricted Free Agent who may negotiate over the terms and conditions of a Player Contract with any team, and who, subject to other applicable CBA rules, may enter into a Player Contract with any team beginning 12 p.m. (ET) on Friday, February 18, 2022."
