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What a summer they have been in Athens in the low season transfer market! Not only Olympiacos and Panathinaikos are moving to be two of the big favorites to win the Euroleague. AEK Athenswho drives Go to Plazahas just announced his seventh signing and it is a former choice seven in the 2013 Draft led by Anthony Bennett, being chosen in 15 Giannis Antetokounmpo.
This new landing to the city that presides over the Acropolis, joins Jordan McRae, Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Omiros Netzipoglou, Zois Karampelas, Giannis Kouzeloglou and Manos ChatzidakisWithout forgetting that the historic Athenian entity, was the winner of eight leagues in the past and one Champions League in 2018, they have probed options such as Justin Tillman, Bryce Jones or Aric Holman.
556 games in nba
Go to Plaza has given a complete turn to roster of the AEK. Signed for the next two seasons, the Catalan coach wants to take the team to that third position in Greece, knowing that it is difficult to attack the hierarchical options of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos.
But the entity has announced a few minutes ago the signing of Ben McLemore, out of Kansas and pick 7 of the 2013 Draft by Sacramento Kings. Four seasons in the California capital franchise, having his best season being sophomore with 12 points average. Then he went through the Grizzlies, returned to the Kings in 18-19 and tours through the Rockets, Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers. In total 556 games in the NBA with an average of 9 points and 2.3 rebounds. Much more was expected from a player that many scouts placed him as a future All-Star, drawing a certain parallel with Ray Allen.
On January 31, he undertook his first adventure far from the United States and signed for Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin de la liga china, playing seven games and averaging 8.9 points in eleven minutes. He now arrives in Athens with the intention of showing that he can be a reliable shooter and scorer, being an element that if he adapts to Plaza’s framework, he can become the Angular element of the year I of the Catalan coach of the A1 Ethniki.
2023-08-06 19:00:00
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