Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana bolstered its frontcourt by signing Derek Ogbeide for the 2024-25 season. 

Cedevita puts Derek Ogbeide in the paint

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana bolstered its frontcourt by signing Derek Ogbeide for the 2024-25 season. The big man has spent the past two season in Italy. Last season, Ogbeide (2.06 meters, 27 years old) averaged 11.6 points on 63.8% shooting and 8.2 rebounds in 33 Italian league appearances for Pistoia. He was second in the league in rebounding and 10th in average PIR (16.2). Ogbeide played for Rimini the season before.

After playing college basketball for the University of Georgia, Ogbeide began his professional career for AEK Larnaca in 2019. In his second season there, Ogbeide led the club to the Cypriot League and Cup double and was selected as league MVP. He later played for Hapoel Eilat in Israel, PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece and Konyaspor in Turkiye.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="sl" dir="ltr">Pod obema obročema nas je okrepil Derek Ogbeide!<a href="https://twitter.com/derektrigger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@derektrigger</a>, dobrodošel v Zmajevi družini! 💚🧡<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZmajevaDruzina?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ZmajevaDruzina</a> <a href="https://t.co/gjLM9LNJLC">pic.twitter.com/gjLM9LNJLC</a></p>&mdash; Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (@KKCedOL) <a href="https://twitter.com/KKCedOL/status/1817530510077280304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

“We are pleased that Derek Ogbeide has joined us,” Cedevita coach Zvezdan Mitrovic said. “Derek is a different profile of a player than Martinas Geben, who will join him at the center position. He is an emerging player who started his career in the lower leagues and last season he showed a strong game on both sides of the field in the Italian League, both on offense and defense. He has plenty of room for growth and potential that we need in our game. We expect good energy from him because he is a physical, athletic and flexible player, with a good mid-range jumper.”

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The big man comes to the BKT EuroCup for the first time

Aris Midea Thessaloniki signed one year contracts with guards [Eleftherios Bochoridis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/eleftherios-bochoridis/003240/) and Mike Miles, the club announced on Saturday. Bochoridis has resigned with Aris after re-joining the club last summer for his third stint in Thessaloniki, while Miles arrives for his first try on the European continent.

An experienced shooter, Bochoridis (1.96 meters, 30 years old) helped Aris reach the EuroCup postseason in 2023-24. He averaged 6.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals playing more than 25 minutes per game in 15 appearances. He started his career with Aris and made his debut in the EuroCup as a teenager with Aris in the 2011-12 season. He then joined Panathinaikos Athens in 2014, spending three years with the Greens before returning to Aris. In 2020, Bochoridis moved back to Athens for another stint with Panathinaikos before re-joining Aris last summer.

Miles has one professional season under his belt, and he spent it in G-League with Texas Legends averaging 10.8 points, 2.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds. Prior to that, he spent three years playing NCAA basketball at Texas Christian University. He is now set to make his BKT EuroCup debut.

Bochoridis resigned or another season, while Miles arrives for his first European experience.

Aris bolsters backcourt with Bochoridis, rookie Miles

Dolomiti Energia Trento continued building its roster for the upcoming season, adding size and muscle by signing forward Eigirdas Zukauskas to a one-year deal, the club announced Saturday. 

Trento adds veteran forward Eigirdas Zukauskas

Dolomiti Energia Trento continued building its roster for the upcoming season, adding size and muscle by signing forward [Eigirdas Zukauskas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/eigirdas-zukauskas/002387/) to a one-year deal, the club announced Saturday. Zukauskas (2.03 meters, 32 years old) arrives from Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius where he spent the last two seasons.

Last season, Zukauskas made his BKT EuroCup debut with the Wolves, and averaged 6.4 points and 3.5 rebounds. He also posted 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in the Lithuanian League action.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="lt" dir="ltr">From Lithuania to Trento! Welcome Eigirdas Žukauskas 🇱🇹🖤🦅<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeDieHard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeDieHard</a> <a href="https://t.co/IkWKoznHDK">pic.twitter.com/IkWKoznHDK</a></p>&mdash; Dolomiti Energia Trento (@AquilaBasketTN) <a href="https://twitter.com/AquilaBasketTN/status/1817153211226017893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

The veteran forward turned pro 15 years ago, first with Vilniaus KM-Magnus and then the following two seasons with Anyksciu Puntukas-Dussman, Statyba Vilnius and Radviliskis-Juodeliai. In 2012 he got his first taste of the Lithuanian premier division with Siauliai, and he also played with Mazeikiai and Dzukija Alytus.

Zukauskas then spent two seasons in France in lower-division sides Bordeaux Basket and Saint Chamond Basket, and after year back in his native country with Prienu, he moved to Russia and played five seasons with Parma Basket Perm before a short stint with Tofas Bursa in the Turkish League late in the 2021-22 season.

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U-BT Cluj Napoca strengthened its backcourt with the signing of point guard Zavier Simpson for the 2024-25 season

Cluj hands playmaking reins to Zavier Simpson

U-BT Cluj Napoca strengthened its backcourt with the signing of point guard Zavier Simpson for the 2024-25 season. Simpson (1.83 meters, 27 years old) has spent most of his professional career in his native United States, shuttling between the G-League and the NBA. Last season he appeared in seven games for the Memphis Grizzlies, during which he averaged 6.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists. In 32 G-League games with the Motor City Cruise, Simpson posted 19.9 points on 39.6% three-point shooting, 4.8 rebounds and 9.1 assists.

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A college basketball star at the University of Michigan, Simpson was a two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection and a member of the conference’s all-defense team in 2019. He helped the Wolverines reach the NCAA Final Four in 2018. Simpson played his first season of professional basketball with the Oklahoma City Blue in the G League and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA.  In 2022-23, he played for the Lakeland Magic in the G League and briefly for Grises de Humacao in Puerto Rico. He will make his European basketball debut with Cluj.

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This will be the guard’s first time playing in Europe

7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys announced the signing of Lithuanian point guard Dominykas Stenionis on Friday. 

Lietkabelis signs playmaker Dominykas Stenionis

7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys announced the signing of Lithuanian point guard [Dominykas Stenionis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/ngt/players/dominykas-stenionis/010181/) on Friday. Stenionis (1.78 meters, 22 years old) arrives from fellow Lithuanian club Nevezis. After showing promise with 4.4 points and 3.5 assists in the top Lithuanian League in the 2021-22 season, Stenionis was limited by injuries to a total of seven games the past two seasons. He came through the youth system at Zalgiris Kaunas and played for the B team there before joining Nevezis. Stenionis also played for the Lithuanian national team at the U19 Basketball World Cup and U20 European Championship in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

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The basketball tournament is one of the most anticipated events of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and the 12-man tournament will be filled with the EuroLeague, and EuroCup, stars of present and past.

Olympic tournament is filled with EuroLeague, EuroCup stars

The basketball tournament is one of the most anticipated events of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, and the 12-team showpiece will be filled with the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and BKT EuroCup stars from the past and present.

The men's Olympic basketball tournament features 42 players currently under contract with teams set to compete in the 2024-25 campaigns and a half-dozen more who played on EuroLeague and EuroCup floors last season.

The event will feature five reigning EuroLeague champs – [Konstantinos Mitoglou](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/konstantinos-mitoglou/007866/), [Panagiotis Kalaitzakis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/panagiotis-kalaitzakis/011209/) and [Dimitris Moraitis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dimitris-moraitis/006544/) of Greece, [Juancho Hernangomez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/juancho-hernangomez/012712/) of Spain, and [Mathias Lessort](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/mathias-lessort/003842/) of France – who lifted the trophy this past May with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens. The Greens nearly had a sixth, but center [Kostas Antetokounmpo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kostas-antetokounmpo/011221/) was a late scratch due to injury.

There are also 11 more players who competed at the 2024 Final Four wearing the jerseys of Real Madrid, Olympiacos Piraeus or Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in Berlin.

Konstantinos Mitoglou (left) and Juancho Hernangomez (right) celebrate after Panathinaikos won the 2023-24 EuroLeague championship.

Of the 12 national teams in the French capital, Greece is the team that leads the way with a total of 10 players who are currently on EuroLeague (eight) or EuroCup (two) rosters. Spain comes next with nine such players, followed by Serbia and France, each with seven.

Among those teams, there are also four former EuroLeague MVPs: France's [Nando De Colo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nando-de-colo/002100/) (2016), Spain's [Sergio Llull](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sergio-llull/tgb/) (2017) and Serbia's [Vasilije Micic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/vasilije-micic/002580/) (2022) will be playing, while 2013 EuroLeague MVP and EuroLeague Legend [Vassilis Spanoulis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/vassilis-spanoulis/juo/) is the head coach of Greece.

Spanoulis is one of six head coaches – representing half of the teams in the Olympic tournament – who have left a significant mark in either the EuroLeague, EuroCup or both. Serbia's Svetislav Pesic led FC Barcelona to the EuroLeague crown in 2003, while another coaching mastermind, Spain head coach Sergio Scariolo, won the 2022 EuroCup with Virtus Segafredo Bologna.

Brazil tactician Aleksandar Petrovic was the 2010-11 EuroCup Coach of the Year, while France's Vincent Collet and Germany's and FC Bayern Munich's Gordon Herbert have a combined eight seasons coaching in the EuroLeague and 13 in the EuroCup.

Below is a country-by-country look at the current and former EuroLeague and EuroCup players expected to compete.

### Australia

[Dante Exum](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/dante-exum/profile/011302/) (formerly of Barcelona, Partizan)

[Joe Ingles](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/joe-ingles/profile/003062/) (formerly of Barcelona, Maccabi)

[Jock Landale](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/jock-landale/008820/) (formerly of Partizan, Zalgiris)

[Duop Reath ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/duop-reath/profile/010603/)(formerly of Crvena Zvezda)

### Brazil

[Vitor Benite](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/vitor-benite/007128/) (formerly of Murcia, Cedevita, Gran Canaria)

[Bruno Caboclo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/bruno-caboclo/012096/) (Partizan)

[Yago Dos Santos](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/yago-dos-santos/012044/) (Crvena Zvezda)

[Cristiano Felicio](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/cristiano-felicio/profile/011230/) (formerly of ratiopharm Ulm)

[Marcelinho Huertas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/marcelinho-huertas/profile/juj/) (formerly of Joventut, Fortitudo, Baskonia, Barcelona)

[Leo Meindl](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/leonardo-meindl/profile/011800/) (formerly of U-BT Cluj-Napoca)

[Georginho de Paula](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/georginho-de-paula-/profile/012703/) (formerly of Ulm)

### Canada

[Khem Birch](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/khem-birch/007182/) (formerly of Olympiacos)

[Melvin Ejim](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/melvin-ejim/profile/005896/) (formerly of Roma, UNICS, Unicaja, Buducnost, Cedevita)

### France

[Andrew Albicy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/andrew-albicy/003425/) (Gran Canaria)

[Nicolas Batum](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nicolas-batum/KOH/) (formerly of Le Mans, SLUC Nancy)

[Isaia Cordinier](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/isaia-cordinier/009549/) (Virtus)

[Nando De Colo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nando-de-colo/002100/) (ASVEL)

[Rudy Gobert](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/-/002859/) (formerly of Cholet)

[Mathias Lessort](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/mathias-lessort/003842/) (Panathinaikos)

[Frank Ntilikina](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/frank-ntilikina/006591/) (Partizan)

[Matthew Strazel](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/matthew-strazel/008099/) (AS Monaco)

[Guerschon Yabusele](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/guerschon-yabusele/010357/) (Real Madrid)

[Victor Wembanyama](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/victor-wembanyama/009553/) (formerly of Nanterre, ASVEL)

Mathias Lessort (Panathinaikos) and Isaia Cordinier (Virtus) are two of seven EuroLeague players who will represent France. (photo: FIBA)

### Germany

[Isaac Bonga](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/isaac-bonga/006760/) (last played for Bayern)

[Oscar da Silva](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/oscar-da-silva/011244/) (Bayern)

[Niels Giffey](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/niels-giffey/001557/) (Bayern)

[Maodo Lo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/maodo-lo/007032/) (Milan)

[Andreas Obst](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/andreas-obst/004508/) (Bayern)

[Daniel Theis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/daniel-theis/004132/) (formerly of ratiopharm Ulm, Bamberg)

[Johannes Thiemann](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/johannes-thiemann/003958/) (formerly of Bamberg, ALBA)

[Johannes Voigtmann](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/johannes-voigtmann/007201/) (last played for Milan)

[Franz Wagner](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/franz-wagner/007543/) (formerly of ALBA)

[Mo Wagner](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/moritz-wagner/005758/) (formerly of ALBA)

[Nick Weiler-Babb](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nick-weiler-babb/010391/) (Bayern)

### Greece

[Kostas Papanikolaou](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kostas-papanikolaou/001255/) (Olympiacos)

[Nick Calathes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/nick-calathes/001932/) (AS Monaco)

[Nikos Chougkaz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nikos-chougkaz/011396/) (formerly of Panathinaikos)

[Giannoulis Larentzakis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/giannoulis-larentzakis/010392/) (Olympiacos)

[Georgios Papagiannis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/georgios-papagiannis/005844/) (AS Monaco)

[Konstantinos Mitoglou](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/konstantinos-mitoglou/007866/) (Panathinaikos)

[Thomas Walkup](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/thomas-walkup/008855/) (Olympiacos)

[Vassilis Charalampopoulos](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/vasilis-charalampopoulos/004218/) (Turk Telekom)

[Dimitris Moraitis ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dimitris-moraitis/006544/)(Panathinaikos)

[Panagiotis Kalaitzakis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/panagiotis-kalaitzakis/011209/) (Panathinaikos)

[Vassilis Toliopoulos](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/vassilis-toliopoulos/004292/) (Aris)

### Puerto Rico

[Gian Clavell](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/gian-clavell/011942/) (last played for Prometey)

[George Conditt IV](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/george-conditt-iv/012016/) (Gran Canaria)

[Davon Reed](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/davon-reed/012599/) (formerly of Prometey)

### Serbia

[Aleksa Avramovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/aleksa-avramovic/003983/) (formerly of Unicaja, Partizan)

[Bogdan Bogdanovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/bogdan-bogdanovic/002821/) (formerly of Partizan, Fenerbahce)

[Dejan Davidovac](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dejan-davidovac/007960/) (Crvena Zvezda)

[Ognjen Dobric](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/ognjen-dobric/004007/) (Crvena Zvezda)

[Marko Guduric](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/marko-guduric/004004/) (Fenerbahce)

[Vanja Marinkovic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/vanja-marinkovic/004761/) (Partizan)

[Vasilije Micic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/vasilije-micic/002580/) (formerly of Bayern, Crvena Zvezda, Zalgiris, Efes)

[Nikola Milutinov](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nikola-milutinov/003941/) (Olympiacos)

[Filip Petrusev](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/filip-petrusev/011194/) (Olympiacos)

[Uros Plavsic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/uros-plavsic/006240/) (Crvena Zvezda)

Dejan Davidovac (Crvena Zvezda) and Filip Petrusev (Olympiacos) will be representing Serbia at the Olympics. (photo: FIBA)

### South Sudan

Wenyen Gabriel (Maccabi)

[Marial Shayok](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/marial-shayok/011202/) (formerly of Fenerbahce)

### Spain

[Alex Abrines](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/alex-abrines/003478/) (Barcelona)

[Dario Brizuela](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/dario-brizuela/009992/) (Barcelona)

[Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/) (Panathinaikos)

[Alberto Diaz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/alberto-diaz/004213/) (formerly of Unicaja)

[Rudy Fernandez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/rudy-fernandez/bmt/) (Real Madrid)

[Usman Garuba](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/usman-garuba/007630/) (formerly of Real Madrid)

[Juancho Hernangomez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/juancho-hernangomez/012712/) (Panathinaikos)

[Willy Hernangomez](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/willy-hernangomez/003196/) (Barcelona)

[Sergio Llull ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/sergio-llull/tgb/)(Real Madrid)

[Xabi Lopez-Arostegui](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/xabi-lopez-arostegui/005356/) (Valencia)

[Jaime Pradilla](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/jaime-pradilla/010393/) (Valencia)

*(Top photo: FIBA)*

The main basketball event of the summer will tip off on Saturday at 11:00 CEST when Spain and Australia lock horns

He is back to the BKT EuroCup after three seasons


Bahcesehir adds up-and-coming guard Omer Can Ilyasoglu

Bahcesehir College Istanbul strengthened its backcourt for the upcoming season by inking point guard Omer Can Ilyasoglu on Friday. 

Ilyasoglu (1.93 meters, 23 years old) arrives from Mega MIS Belgrade, where he averaged 8.6 points on 41.2% three-pointers and 4.2 assists in 27 Adriatic League games last season. He started his career with Anadolu Efes Istanbul, making his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut in the 2019-20 season. Ilyasoglu played in the 2020-21 EuroCup with Frutti Extra Bursaspor, averaging 7.5 points and 6.5 assists in four games. He has also played for Besiktas Fibabanka Istanbul before joining Mega. Ilyasoglu helped Efes win the Turkish League in 2019 and the Turkish Cup in 2022. He has also been a member of the Turkish national team. 

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">🙌 Ömer Can İlyasoğlu, Bahçeşehir Koleji&#39;nde!<br><br>🤝 Son olarak Mega Basket forması giyen Milli oyuncu ile 2024-2025 sezonu için anlaşma sağladık.<br><br>🙋‍♂️ Ailemize hoş geldin, Ömer Can!<br><br>❤💙 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FlyHighTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FlyHighTogether</a> <a href="https://t.co/vHcjXWQSM4">pic.twitter.com/vHcjXWQSM4</a></p>&mdash; Bahçeşehir Koleji Spor Kulübü (@BKBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/BKBasketbol/status/1816795997911003494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Best of Omer Can Ilyasoglu: 2020-21

Umana Reyer Venice has acquired one of the most consistent scorers in the BKT EuroCup with the signing of Xavier Munford.

Reyer links up with Xavier Munford

Umana Reyer Venice has acquired one of the most consistent scorers in the BKT EuroCup with the signing of [Xavier Munford](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/xavier-munford/007759/) to a muti-year deal. Over the last two seasons, Munford (1.93 meters, 32 years old) leads all players in the EuroCup with 580 points. He averaged 15.4 points on 43.5% three-point shooting, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals in 19 EuroCup games last season for Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv. It was Munford’s third EuroCup campaign after debuting with Frutti Extra Bursaspor in 2020-21 and spending the last two with Hapoel.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">L’Umana Reyer Venezia comunica con soddisfazione di aver sottoscritto un accordo pluriennale con Xavier Munford, guardia di 193 cm, proveniente dall’Hapoel Tel Aviv.<br><br>Il comunicato 👉 <a href="https://t.co/tUK9XkMzWc">https://t.co/tUK9XkMzWc</a> 📲<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/uniti?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#uniti</a> <a href="https://t.co/2YFaUVMP5z">pic.twitter.com/2YFaUVMP5z</a></p>&mdash; Reyer Venezia (@REYER1872) <a href="https://twitter.com/REYER1872/status/1816805046459465747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>


Munford began his professional career in his native United States in the G-League with the Bakersfield Jam and Greensboro Swarm as well as a spell in the NBA with the Memphic Grizzlies. His only other European experience came with FC Barcelona late in the 2016-17 season, when he played five games' worth of limited action in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and six in the Spanish League.

Best of Xavier Munford: 2023-24

He later suited up for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA; Wisconsin Herd and Delaware Blue Coats in the G-League, Fujian in China and South East Melbourne in Australia. Munford also played for Team USA at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.

In Venice, Munford will reunite with playmaker Tyler Ennis, who was his backcourt mate at the end of last season with Hapoel. 

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No player scored more points in the last 2 EuroCup seasons than Munford’s 580

He brings in plenty of BKT EuroCup experience

Wolves adds combo guard Andrew Andrews

Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius announced the signing of combo guard [Andrew Andrews](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/andrew-andrews/011248/) for the 2024-25 season on Friday.

Andrews (1.88 meters, 31 years old) arrives from Joventut Badalona, where he averaged 14.6 points, 3.8 assists and 1.4 steals in 16 EuroCup games last season. He led the competition in free throw percentage (98.4% FT), missing just one of his 63 attempts. 

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Andrew Andrews is coming to Vilnius 🔥🫡 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreWolves?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreWolves</a> <a href="https://t.co/FRcF0OX6Ni">pic.twitter.com/FRcF0OX6Ni</a></p>&mdash; BC WOLVES (@wolves_bc) <a href="https://twitter.com/wolves_bc/status/1816779765354762725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Andrews had a fantastic 2021-22 EuroCup season with Frutti Extra Bursaspor, which he led all the way to the Final. He averaged 4.1 points in the first eight EuroCup games, but a change of roles gave him the opportunity to shine and Andrews took full advantage of it. He averaged 20.7 points for the remainder of the season, leading Bursaspor to consecutive road victories against Partizan Belgrade, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and MoraBanc Andorra to reach the championship game against Virtus Segafredo Bologna. 

Andrews has also played for Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens of Greece, Best Balikesir, Demir Insaat Buyukcekmece and Darussafaka Istanbul of Turkiye, as well as for VEF Riga of Latvia.