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The Vilnius Rytas team was joined by another basketball player with NBA experience – a 25-year-old tall Chris McCullough. During his career, the 206 cm forward played 59 games in the strongest basketball league in the world. He played for the Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards. The Krepsinis.net portal was the first to announce the Vilnius negotiations with this player.
“Chris is a basketball player with special physical abilities. His skills and combativeness will add extra energy to the team both on offense and defense, “said Donald Kairys, Rytas head coach.
In 2015, McCullough was named the Nets’ 29th club in the NBA’s rookie market.
Many famous NBA basketball players participated in this exchange. The highest calls were given to Karl-Anthony Towns (1), D’Angelo Russell (2), Kristap Porzing (4), Myles Turner (11), Devin Booker (13), Kelly Oubre Jr. (15), Nikola Milutinov (26), Willy Hernangomes (35), Josh Richardson (40), Artūras Gudaitis (47).
In 2017, McCullough, along with Boyan Bogdanovich, was traded to the Wizards. In the NBA league, the forward played an average of 9 minutes and scored 3.3 points each.
In the NBA G League, the basketball player played 62 games during his career and averaged 14.3 points and bounced 6.6 balls. Since 2018, Ch. McCullough has played in China, Puerto Rico, the Philippines. In Europe, the basketball player will play for the first time.
“I feel wonderful joining Vilnius ‘Rytas’. I miss basketball and I’m sure we have a really fun season ahead of us,” McCullough said of joining Rytas.
Ch.McCullough is expected to arrive in Lithuania in the near future. “Rytas” has completed the composition of the team and continues to prepare for the new season. September 19 Vilnius residents will kick off the LKL season with a duel with Juventus de Utena.
Ch.McCullough is exactly the type of player I needed. coach Donald Kairis – the “fourth number” who plays the most under the basket, who can successfully fight for the balls and play. Its price is also very affordable for Rytas, which saves a lot of resources. Krepsinis.net recalls that Demetrius Jackson was bought for 95 thousand euros and Andrew Goudelock for 150 thousand euros. euros per season.
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