The Hakro Merlins Crailsheim have signed the German U-20 international Elias Baggette. The builder comes from the Eisbären Bremerhaven and will receive a three-year contract, as the club announced on Monday.
New in Crailsheim: Elias Baggette (left).
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“With Elias, we were able to complete our planning once again, which gives us additional depth in the team. At the same time, Elias is a young player who wants to develop with us. A path that has often been successful in recent years was drawn,” said Crailsheim’s sporting director Ingo Enskat on the club’s website about the 20-year-old.
“I chose HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim because I can take the next step in my career there. I think coach Sebastian and the whole organization can help me to show what it means to play at BBL and international level”, adds the new number 4 of the magicians.
Gained first experience in the BBL
Baggette took the step into the Bamberg junior program in 2018, where he was initially deployed with the Baunach Young Pikes in ProA and ProB. The move to Brose Bamberg followed for the 2020/21 season. There he gained his first experience in the BBL and the Champions League, but Baggette got more match practice at the cooperation partner BBC Coburg. In the ProB, the build-up player was able to convince with 13.8 points and 4.4 assists in just under 25 minutes.
In the past season, too, the 20-year-old was initially in the squad of the nine-time German champions before he joined Eisbären Bremerhaven in January 2022. There Baggette averaged 8.5 points and 3.1 assists in the ProA in twenty minutes.
