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The Utena “Juventus” club, which was looking for reinforcement in the strikers chain, coincided with a basketball player with experience in the NBA. 27-year-old, 201cm tall American arrives in Utena Jamelas Artisas. A one-year contract was signed with the attacker.
In 2017/2018, J. Artis played in the NBA league, where he defended the honor of the Orlando Magic Club. The forward played 15 games in the regular season and scored 5.1 points in almost 19 minutes on the field, bouncing 2.5 balls and making 1.2 assists.
The forward, who competed on a double contract, also played in the G League championship that same year, where he struggled to represent the Magic affiliate. In nearly 38 minutes, he scored 19.5 points, rebounded 5.9, grabbed 1.3 balls and had 2.5 assists.
Last season, the American made his European debut. The Paris Metropolitans 92 team basketball player spent 25 minutes in France’s top league in the top flight, scoring 13.3 points (55% from two points, 33% from triples, 78% from penalties), bouncing 4.1 points and performed after 1.7 effective transmissions.
“After terminating the contract with Glen Rice, we expected that the search for a new player would not take long. Still, as quickly as we wanted, we could not reach an agreement with the basketball player we were interested in. We had some options, But some players declined our offer, others were not convinced. We had Jamelo’s version before we agreed with Rice, but then it was unaffordable for us. However, a month passed, the situation changed and the player accepted our terms. We hope this be an important reinforcement for our team, especially since the basketball player has already played in Europe, which was one of our key conditions, ”said club director Eimantas Skersis.
J. Artisas will come to Lithuania and join the team training this week. The basketball player is expected to make his debut in the Betsafe-LKL championship next weekend.
On September 26, Utena Juventus will seek their first victory in the new Betsafe-LKL season in front of their spectators. The duel with Prienai CBet will begin at 17 hours.
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