By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Earning the opportunity to debut in the 7DAYS EuroCup, Jordan Parks is the latest reinforcement to Umana Reyer Venezia, the team announced Saturday.
Parks, 28, is coming off a couple of seasons at GeVi Napoli helping the team move up from the second division and thus compete in top-tier LBA Serie A. Since turning pro in 2015, he has focused in Italy, except for the 2017-18 season and the one-year stint at Telekom Baskets Bonn, including the lone previous experience in European club continental competitions and four appearances in the Basketball Champions League.
“I am thrilled and grateful for this opportunity. Reyer is a historic club with a winning culture, I am proud to be part of this family. I have seen many games in Venice in recent years, in particular, I remember the Italian League final against Sassari,” said Parks, “I arrive at an ambitious club that has a great desire to win. In recent years, Reyer has built something important and now I want to give my contribution, too. I have already been to Venice and it will be wonderful to represent this city, I can’t wait to get to know it better.”
French small forward Axel Bouteille joined Turk Telekom after spending the better part of the last two seasons at Unicaja. Plenty of experience in EuroCup with 51 games played between the team located in Malaga, Limoges CSP, and Elan Chalon. The Ankara outfit completed the addition of Turkish small forward Boran Guler as well.
In other recent EuroCup signings, Buducnost VOLI penned both Phil Booth and Trae Bell-Haynes to one-year contracts. Prometey added 33-year-old guard Denys Lukashov.
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