Cologne (SID) – Basketball cup winner Bayern Munich has signed winger Deshaun Thomas for the coming season. The 29-year-old American is moving from the Japanese first division club Toyota Alvark to the Isar and can already look back on a lot of experience on the European stage. Thomas completed 161 appearances in the EuroLeague for FC Barcelona, Efes Istanbul, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Panathinaikos Athens.
Thomas will give the team “a lot of variability and experience at a top level”, said Bayern sports director Daniele Baiesi: “He has played for big clubs and knows what it takes to be successful.”
The player himself sees the season in Japan as an “adventure, but afterwards I quickly had the EuroLeague in my head again, it was a must for me,” said Thomas: “Munich is a very good opportunity for me because they were only one in the last time Throw away from the Final Four. And that’s exactly what it’s going to be about again: These tight battles in the EuroLeague with a strong organization. I like that. “
