Armoni Brooks has switched the NBA for the EuroLeague by joining Olimpia Milano.

Olimpia Milano secures move for Armoni Brooks

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan has completed the signing of guard Armoni Brooks on a deal until the end of the 2025-26 season, the club confirmed Wednesday. 

Brooks (1.91 meters, 26 years old) most recently played for the Ontario Clippers in the G League, averaging 15.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steal per game across 30 appearances in 2023-24.

During the 2023-24 campaign, he also spent time with the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA, posting 4.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 10 games. 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">&quot;Super entusiasta, darò tutto&quot;: Armoni Brooks all&#39;Olimpia<br><br>La Pallacanestro Olimpia ha raggiunto un accordo fino alla stagione 2025/26 con la guardia Armoni Brooks, 1,91, nato a Waco, Texas, il 5 giugno 1998, proveniente dagli Ontario Clippers della G-League.<br><br>🇮🇹 Comunicato… <a href="https://t.co/UO7L0JdyQp">pic.twitter.com/UO7L0JdyQp</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1803363188416586053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"I am super excited to join the Olimpia Miano family," Brooks told Milan's official club media. "Playing for a historic club like this is such a great honor. I can’t wait to come to Italy and compete in one of the best leagues in the world and play against some of the best competition there is in this sport. I feel blessed to have been given this great opportunity and I will give my best each and every day to make sure we win as many games as possible.”

To date, Brooks has hopped between the NBA and the G League since turning professional in 2019. His best season in the NBA was his first in the league, which came with the Houston Rockets in 2020-21. He averaged 11.2 points, 3.4	rebounds and 1.5 assists in 20 games for Houston. Brooks then split the 2021-22 season between Houston and the Toronto Raptors, before returning to the NBA with Brooklyn in 2023-24. His NBA averages stand at: 6.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 84 appearances.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welcome Armoni Brooks 🔥 🙌🏻 🤍❤️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/insieme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#insieme</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForzaOlimpia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForzaOlimpia</a> <a href="https://t.co/0Ax27J9E4I">pic.twitter.com/0Ax27J9E4I</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1803366668124504355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Armoni Brooks in action for the Brooklyn Nets in the 2023-24 NBA season.

He will get his first taste of EuroLeague basketball next season

Milan secures move for Armoni Brooks

KK Crvena zvezda has announced the signing of Isaiah Canaan, who reached back-to-back EuroLeague Final Fours while playing for Olympiacos BC.

Isaiah Canaan joins KK Crvena zvezda

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade has secured itself the services of [Isaiah Canaan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/isaiah-canaan/010612/) on a two-year deal, the club confirmed Wednesday. Canaan (1.83 meters, 33 years old) has spent the last two years at Olympiacos Piraeus and averaged 11.1 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 41 games as the Reds reached the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, finishing third. The 2024-25 campaign will be Canaan’s fifth in the EuroLeague.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Američki Bek Ajzea Kenan novi je košarkaš Crvene zvezde Meridianbet! 🔴⚪️<br><br>Kenan je sa našim klubom potpisao dvogodišnji ugovor i predstavljaće veliko pojačanje za tim i bekovsku liniju u sezoni 2024/25!<br><br>U Crvenu zvezdu nekadašnji igrač Hjustona, Filadelfije, Čikaga, Finiksa,… <a href="https://t.co/ezEtKkKHG6">pic.twitter.com/ezEtKkKHG6</a></p>&mdash; KK Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (@kkcrvenazvezda) <a href="https://twitter.com/kkcrvenazvezda/status/1803356237217570888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Canaan’s EuroLeague journey began in 2021-22, when he suited up for UNICS Kazan. That season, he played 24 games and posted 11.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists. The year before, he helped lead UNICS to the BKT EuroCup Finals, averaging 14.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists.

His first campaign at Olympiacos in 2022-23 almost led to Canaan getting his hands on the EuroLeague championship, with the guard averaging 6.3 points across 39 games. In the championship game, Canaan came close to becoming the hero for the Reds by netting 21 points, yet instead it was Real Madrid’s Sergio Llull as he scored the game-winning shot.

Last season, Canaan increased his scoring average to 11.1 points per game across 41 appearances and once again got to taste Final Four basketball. However, Olympiacos came up short against Real for the second year in a row before managing to beat Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in the third-place game.

The top plays of new Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade signing Isaiah Canaan while playing for Olympiacos Piraeus in the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Canaan's best plays in 2023-24

Canaan started his professional career with the Houston Rockets in the NBA before going on to fellow NBA teams the Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls, Rockets again, Phoenix Suns, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Milwaukee Bucks. He’s also played for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers and the Stockton Kings in the G League. Between leaving UNICS and joining Olympiacos, Canaan represented Galatasaray on a short-term deal.

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New Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade signing Isaiah Canaan in action for Olympiacos Piraeus at the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four.

The American guard brings his talents to Serbia for the first time

Isaiah Canaan joins Crvena Zvezda

Barça Basket has confirmed the arrival of Kevin Punter, who has signed a one-year deal after leaving KK Partizan.

Barcelona adds scoring threat Kevin Punter

FC Barcelona completed its first off-season reinforcement by signing guard [Kevin Punter](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/kevin-punter/009862/) on a one-year deal, the club announced Wednesday. Punter (1.93 meters, 31 years old) spent the last three seasons with Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, where he was only the second non-Serbian team captain in club history, and is one of the most dangerous scorers in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ca" dir="ltr">Aquest any sí, culers 😏 <a href="https://t.co/HHU4nSYHpF">pic.twitter.com/HHU4nSYHpF</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1803355980047986777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The veteran guard is coming off a campaign in which he ranked eighth in scoring in the EuroLeague with 15.0 points per game, while also collecting 2.6 assists and 2.6 rebounds. He also posted 9.4 points, 2.8 assists and 2.1 rebounds in ABA League action.

For Punter, who made the All-EuroLeague Second Team in the 2022-23 season after leading Partizan within one game of the EuroLeague Final Four, this was his fifth season in the competition. He made his debut in the 2019-20 campaign when he split the season between Olympiacos Piraeus and Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade. Punter went on to spend the next season with EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, helping it reach the 2021 Final Four, before joining Partizan.

2023-24 EuroLeague highlights: Kevin Punter, Partizan

Punter has made 124 career EuroLeague appearances and over the last two seasons he has posted 15.6 points, making 1.9 triples per game on 40.7% shooting. He also holds the longest streak of free throws made in the competition, with 69 consecutive made free throws.

A college basketball star at the University of Tennessee, Punter began his professional career in Greece with GC Lavrio. He has also played for AEK Athens in Greece, Antwerp in Belgium, Rosa Radom in Poland and Virtus Segafredo Bologna in Italy.

In his first season with Partizan, Punter was named to the All-EuroCup Team after leading the club to the EuroCup Playoffs, and also won the ABA League title in 2023. Punter’s trophy case includes winning respective national cups with AEK in Greece in 2018 and with Milan in Italy in 2021. He also captured the Basketball Champions League championship in back-to-back seasons with AEK in 2018 and Virtus in 2019.

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Kevin Punter in action for Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade against FC Barcelona, his new club, in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

This will mark the American's sixth different EuroLeague club

In a season rich with magical moments and historic feats, who better to highlight them than the people who covered the league closest? We have asked the reporters from EuroLeague.net to reflect on their favorite moments from the 2023-34 campaign. 

Codi Miller-McIntyre's magical night

### Miller-McIntyre's magical night

Of all the great feats this season, I think it’s only natural to feel most attached to those that you saw unfold in real-time. I imagine fans and reporters alike, when they see a player start a game hot, do some quick math and make statements like “this player is on pace to score 50 points” or “this guy could set a record,” etc. And on February 8, I was counting those stats in real-time.

[Codi Miller-McIntyre](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/codi-miller-mcintyre/009048/) started red hot for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in [Round 26 against LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/game-center/2023-24/baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz-ldlc-asvel-villeurbanne/E2023/230/). When he went to the bench late in the first quarter with 5 rebounds and 7 assists, it seemed like anything was possible. A triple-double? Maybe. A record for assists? Possible. Both? Unlikely I thought to myself. And then I watched Miller-McIntyre continue to shred the ASVEL defense with 5 more assists in the second quarter.

Codi Miller-McIntyre and the fourth triple-double in EuroLeague history

With Baskonia up 13 at halftime and his stat line showing 2 points, 7 boards and 12 dimes, the second half was bound to be a stat watch. The assists kept flowing, but hope of a triple-double started to fade when Miller-McIntyre – still on 2 points – had his first attempt in the fourth quarter rejected. But then came a triple and the count was on. With 3:48 left, he tied the EuroLeague single-game record with 19 assists. With 2:17 on the clock, Chima Moneke flushed an alley-oop pass from Miller-McIntyre for the record-setting 20th assist. And then, with 1:19 to go, he made free throws to give him 11 points and the fourth triple-double in EuroLeague history. As someone sitting in the press box when Nikola Vujcic had the first two in competition history, it was pretty exciting watching this majestic and historic performance from Codi Miller-McIntyre for my personal favorite memory from the season.  

In a season rich with magical moments and historic feats, who better to highlight them than the people who covered the league closest? We have asked the reporters from EuroLeague.net to reflect on their favorite moments from the 2023-24 campaign. 

My favorite moment from 2023-24: Frankie Sachs

The basketball career of Ioannis Papapetrou got a fairytale touch to it when Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens won the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague crown in Berlin to end the season. 

Tribute to the Champs: Ioannis Papapetrou

It is not often that a player wins the EuroLeague with his favorite club, and makes a significant contribution while doing so. That's exactly what happened with [Ioannis Papapetrou](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/ioannis-papapetrou/005161/). But his story did not always look like it would develop this way.

The 30-year-old forward, a former team captain who grew up a Panathinaikos fand as the son of a former club legend, returned to the Greens last summer for his second stint with the club. This season, however, things were far from ideal for Papapetrou who fought injuries for the better part of the season, made only one appearance in the first 22 rounds, and played in only three games before Round 27.

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But with injuries and doubts finally behind him, and after getting some playing time during the final stretch of the regular season, Papapetrou started to display some of the best basketball we have seen from him in recent years in what appeared to be the club's most important games in more than a decade.

After a brief appearance in the playoff series opener against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, Papapetrou played more than 28 minutes per game in the last four games of the series and in those averaged 12.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists.

In Berlin, Papapetrou was team's fourth best scorer with 9 points, and also collected 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the semis against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. Then two days later, Papapetrou contributed with 4 points in 18 minutes of action in a championship game win against Real Madrid.

Suddenly Papapaterou became an instrumental part of what Panathinaikos does on both ends of the floor and that continued at the Final Four. In Berlin, he was the team's fourth-best scorer with 9 points and also collected 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the semis against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. Then two days later, Papapetrou contributed 4 points in 18 minutes of action in the championship game win against Real Madrid.

It was the third championship game appearance of his career in his 11th season in the competition - and fifth with Panathinaikos. And now, Papapetrou can finally call himself a EuroLeague champion.

Tribute to the Champs

Zalgiris Kaunas made the top scorer in the EuroCup last season, Deividas Sirvydis, its first signing ahead of the 2024-25 season. 

Zalgiris tabs EuroCup’s top scorer, Deividas Sirvydis

Zalgiris Kaunas made the top scorer in the EuroCup last season, [Deividas Sirvydis](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/players/deividas-sirvydis/007029/), its first signing ahead of the 2024-25 season. On Tuesday the club announced the deal, which is for two seasons with an option for a third. Sirvydis (2.04 meters, 24 years old) shined with 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys last season and averaged 18.9 points on 42.3% three-point shooting, 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. He led the EuroCup in scoring and was second with 2.8 three-pointers made per game. Sirvydis was chosen to the 2023-24 All-EuroCup Second Team. He also helped Lietkabelis finish third in the Lithuanian League.   

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### A splendid youth career with Zalgiris’s rival

Sirvydis came up through the youth system at Rytas Vilnius. He made waves at the Adidas Next Generation Tournament when he led U18 Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius to the 2018 crown with a victory over Stellazzurra Rome in the championship game. [Sirvydis was named tournament MVP](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/ngt/news/rytas-guard-sirvydis-named-angt-mvp/) after he averaged 15.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.8 steals in the finals. Before that, he was the MVP at the ANGT Kaunas qualifying event, too.

Already that season, Sirvydis broke into Rytas's senior team and made a pair of appearances in the EuroCup. The following season, he was already a rotation player and started in 11 of his 17 games played. Over 35 games in three EuroCup seasons with Rytas, Sirvydis made 40 of his 96 three-point attempts (41.7%) while averaging 5.7 points and 2.2 rebounds in 14:07 minutes. He also helped Rytas win the 2019 Lithuanian Cup.

Best of Deividas Sirvydis: 2023-24

### Moving abroad

Sirvydis first went abroad to play in Israel for Hapoel Jerusalem in 2020 when the Israeli League season resumed following the COVID-19 pandemic. He also played for the club in the Basketball Champions League. Then, the Detroit Pistons, who had selected Sirvydis in the second round of the 2019 NBA Draft, signed him to a multi-year deal. Sirvydis played in 20 games for Detroit in the 2020-21 campaign and 3 the following season. He also played 21 games for Detroit's G-League affiliate, the Motor City Cruise.

After splitting the 2022-23 season between the Fort Wayne Mad Ants and the Wisconsin Herd in the G-League, Sirvydis decided to return home to Lithuania and proved his scoring skills with Lietkabelis in the EuroCup. He is now set to make his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut with Zalgiris.

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The sharpshooter averaged 18.9 points in 16 EuroCup games last season

Zalgiris tabs EuroCup top scorer Deividas Sirvydis

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv outlasted crosstown rival Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 82-74 on Monday night to win the Israeli League championship for the 57th time. 

Maccabi claims its 57th Israeli championship

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv outlasted crosstown rival Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 82-74 on Monday night to win the Israeli League championship for the 57th time. After trailing by 1 at the start of the fourth quarter, Maccabi outscored Hapoel 28-19 in the final stanza to lock up the title.

The winners were led by their big men as Roman Sorkin posted 19 points and 9 rebounds, Jasiel Rivero added 16 and 8 and Josh Nebo contributed 12 points. Lorenzo Brown added 12 points and 5 assists for Maccabi. Tyler Ennis led Hapoel with 17 points, Tomer Ginat and Xavier Munford scored 15 each and Jaylen Hoard had 11 in defeat.

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Hapoel jumped out to a 2-7 start and when Hoard heated up the margin grew to 14-21. John DiBartolomeo and Sorkin combined on a 7-0 run to tie things before Munford’s triples gave the visitors a 21-24 lead after 10 minutes. Three-pointers by Rafi Menco, Tamir Blatt and Sorkin fueled an 11-0 Maccabi run. Ginat and Hoard answered to bring Hapoel within 34-29. Hapoel’s frontline continued to shine and a triple by Ennis brought the visitors within 39-38 at the break.

Braian Angola’s steal and three-point play gave Hapoel the lead at the start of the second half. Kyle Alexander and Ginat kept Hapoel ahead, with the lead reaching 48-54. Sorkin and Brown drew Maccabi within 54-55 at the end of the third quarter. Maccabi regained the lead on a three by Blatt to begin the final stanza of the season. Brown and Sorkin scored in a 7-0 run to give Maccabi breathing room. Rivero extended the margin to 68-59 with 3 and a half minutes to go as the home fans started to celebrate. Hapoel never gave in, but Maccabi was too strong down the stretch.

A strong fourth quarter made the difference as Maccabi won for the sixth time in seven years

AS Monaco Basket has completed the signing of Nick Calathes, the EuroLeague's all-time leader in assists.

Monaco tabs EuroLeague assists king Nick Calathes

One of the best point guards in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history, [Nick Calathes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nick-calathes/001932/) signed with AS Monaco, the team he helped eliminate in the 2024 EuroLeague Playoffs. The contract is for two seasons. Calathes (1.96 meters, 35 years old), arrives from Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, where he spent the past two seasons. Last season he helped the club win the Turkish League and Cup double.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">✍️ Nɪᴄᴋ Cᴀʟᴀᴛʜᴇs ʀᴇᴊᴏɪɴᴛ ʟᴀ Rᴏᴄᴀ Tᴇᴀᴍ ! 🇲🇨<br><br>🆕️ L&#39;AS Monaco est heureuse d&#39;annoncer la signature de Nick Calathes pour les deux prochaines saisons 🔒<br><br>🦅 Meneur talentueux et expérimenté, le meilleur passeur de l&#39;histoire de l&#39;Euroleague (2085 assists) vient… <a href="https://t.co/aGGVNcKmR9">pic.twitter.com/aGGVNcKmR9</a></p>&mdash; AS Monaco Basket 🇲🇨 (@ASMonaco_Basket) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMonaco_Basket/status/1802733286348747116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He is coming off a campaign in which he posted 7.1 points, 4.8 assists and 4.2 rebounds in 38 EuroLeague appearances, helping his team reach the Final Four for the first time in five years. Fenerbahce did so by ousting Monaco in a five-game playoff series, becoming the first team ever to win a deciding Game 5 on the road. In that series-clinching 79-80 overtime win, Calathes scored the final basket, a game-winning three-pointer, with 19 seconds to go. He also averaged 11.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.2 steals in the series.

The top plays of new AS Monaco signing Nick Calathes while playing for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in the 2024 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs.

Calathes's best moments in the 2024 playoffs

### Assists and steals king

Calathes is the EuroLeague's all-time assists leader with 2,085 dimes to his name. He became the first man to reach the 2,000-assist mark last season and is the only player in competition history to record over 1,000 rebounds and assists. Also during the 2023-24 season, Calathes became the EuroLeague's all-time leader in steals with 449 and the all-time leader in games stated with 311.

In 358 EuroLeague career games played with Panathinaikos, Barca and Fenerbahce, Calathes has amassed 3,236 points and 1,332 rebounds. Calathes also ranks sixth in total PIR (4,240). What's more, the American-born point guard holds the playoff assists record with the 16 helpers he dished in Game 1 of the 2018 EuroLeague Playoffs, as Panathinaikos defeated Real Madrid 95-67.

### EuroLeague and EuroCup champ

Calathes, a former star at the University of Florida, started his professional basketball career with Panathinaikos Athens in 2009 and helped Panathinaikos win the EuroLeague title in 2011, scoring a team-high 17 points in the semifinal against Montepaschi Siena. He also won back-to-back Greek League titles in 2010 and 2011, while he also lifted the Greek Cup in 2012.

Calathes went on to play for Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, earning 2012-13 BKT EuroCup MVP honors. He led Lokomotiv to the EuroCup title, averaging 12.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 6.6 assists. After a two-year stint with the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA, Calathes returned to Panathinaikos, winning three Greek League and three Greek Cup titles in his five-year stint. He has also played for FC Barcelona, helping it reach back-to-back EuroLeague Final Fours in 2021 and 2022. Calathes also led Barca to the Spanish League crown in 2021, in addition to winning consecutive Spanish Cup titles in 2021 and 2022.

Calathes has been a member of the Greek national team, helping it win a bronze medal at the 2009 EuroBasket.

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Nick Calathes, AS Monaco's newest signing, in action for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul during the 2023-24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season.

Entering his 13th season in the competition, the American-born Greece international now takes his talents to the principality

Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul strengthened its backcourt with the signing of Devon Hall for the next two seasons. 

Fenerbahçe swoops for Devon Hall

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul has strengthened its backcourt with the signing of [Devon Hall](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/devon-hall/011205/) for the next two seasons. Hall (1.96 meters, 28 years old) averaged 8.2 points on 38.5% three-point shooting, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals in 32 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season with EA7 Emporio Armani Milan.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Devon Hall Fenerbahçe Beko&#39;da! ✍️💛💙<br><br>👉 <a href="https://t.co/vRmGbLG1Q0">https://t.co/vRmGbLG1Q0</a> <a href="https://t.co/gA1qrkDLLl">pic.twitter.com/gA1qrkDLLl</a></p>&mdash; Fenerbahçe Beko (@FBBasketbol) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBBasketbol/status/1802673958036095124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Last year was Hall's third season in the competition, which have all come with the team from the Fashion Capital. In that time, Hall helped Milan win three Italian League championships and the 2022 Italian Cup.

Best of Devon Hall 2023-24

After playing college basketball at the University of Virginia, Hall began his professional career in Australia with Cairn Taipans in 2018 and then spent a season split between the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA and their G-League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue. His first European season in Germany with Brose Bamberg in 2020-21 before joining Milan.

New Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul signing Devon Hall in action for EA7 Emporio Armani Milan last season.

The shooting guard spent the last three seasons in Milan