The London Lions added another weapon to their backcourt by signing shooting guard Aaron Best for the coming season. 

London puts Best in backcourt

Best (1.93 meters, 29 years old) arrives from the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, where he has played under Coach Ryan Schmidt, who will also coach him in London. Best has averaged 12.3 points and 1.5 assists so far this season in the CEBL. The Canadian native also played for Raptors 905 in the G-League last season. Best has previous European experience with PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece, Boulazac in France, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in Germany and Juventus in Lithuania.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AARON! ✍️ <br>We are very happy to confirm the signing of Aaron Best, a dynamic guard with international experience! 🇨🇦<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wearelondon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wearelondon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/londonlions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#londonlions</a> <a href="https://t.co/pf0gGxbjdK">pic.twitter.com/pf0gGxbjdK</a></p>&mdash; London Lions (@LondonLions) <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonLions/status/1558468418751418370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>