Ashley McGeachy Fox of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Olden Polynice is back in the NBA. After a year vacation, he was signed to a non-guaranteed contract by the Sixers Monday.

The Sixers have been looking for a backup to center Todd MacCulloch and most of the candidates (Derrick Coleman, Samuel Dalembert and Mark Bryant) have been injured. Polynice could be the answer.

Polynice played 14 seasons in the NBA, including stints with Seattle, the Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit, Sacramento and Utah. Last summer, he opted out of a guaranteed contract with the Jazz thinking he could get a more lucrative deal. Instead, he ended up out of basketball and doing a lot of babysitting last season.

He was on the bench during the Sixers exhibition game against the Wizards on Monday. While he didn?t play, he did sit close to the coaching staff and get involved during timeouts. "I'm not the savior," Polynice said. "The only guarantee is I'm going to give 150 percent."