Our representative Beysu Konyaspor, who competes in the Basketball Men’s 1st League, has reinforced the basketball squad. The green-whites, who have been looking for foreign players for a long time, signed a contract with Nigerian-Canadian longtime Derek Oogbeide. Born in 1997, 2.06 meters tall Derek Ogbeide graduated from Georgia Bulldogs in 2019. After playing for AEK Larnaca and Hapoel Eilat, he signed with the Greek team PAOK at the beginning of the season. The 24-year-old basketball player came to Konya and went through a health check. Nigerian Uzun, who went to the clubhouse and toured the stadium, then signed the official signature. While the transfer was announced from the official social media account of Konyaspor Basketball, the following statement was made. “Our Beysu Konyaspor, who competes in the Turkish Men’s Basketball 1st League, signed an official contract with an experienced Nigerian-American center who was born in 1997 and is 2.06m tall. Ogbeide previously played for AEK Larnaca, Hapoel Eilat and PAOK.
On the other hand, the statistics of Ogbeide this season are as follows. Greek League: 7 games, 11.7 minutes, 3.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists BCL: 8 games, 13.5 minutes, 6.4 points, 3.4 rebounds. Derek Oogbeide said in a statement after the signing that he was very happy to come to Konyaspor. The 27-year-old center included the following words in his statement. “I am happy and excited to be here. I want to make the biggest impact and contribution to the team here. I knew the team before, I knew the environment. At the moment, our goal is to finish the second half of the league at the top and become the champion and move up to the next league. We will take care to do what is necessary for the championship as well”. *HUSEYIN TURGUT
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