By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Former Michigan Wolverine Derrick Walton is the new face in Zalgiris Kaunas roster, as the team announced, with a deal until the end of the season.
The 23 years old player was recently cut from the Chicago Bulls and he has also played for the Miami Heat. Walton played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. He was a 2013–14 Big Ten Conference men’s basketball season All-Freshman selection in the Big Ten for the 2013–14 team, which won the Big Ten Conference regular-season championship outright.
He was a 2015–16 Big Ten Conference men’s basketball season All-Big Ten third-team selection by the coaches and an honorable mention selection by the media as a junior. He was a 2016–17 Big Ten Conference men’s basketball season All-Big Ten second-team selection by the coaches and the media as a senior. Walton is the only Wolverine with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists and holds the school single-game assist record (16). He was the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament for the tournament champion 2016–17 Wolverines.