By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net
After traveling to China and getting the Israeli league title, Deon Thompson is back with Bayern Munich. The American center (2.03 m., 26 years old) arrives from Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem, where he averaged 12.8 points and 5.2 rebounds in 15 Israeli League games last season, helping his team lift the trophy. He started the 2014-15 season with Liaoning Jiebao Hunters, averaging 18.7 points and 8.3 rebounds in 50 Chinese League games and leading his team to the finals. Thompson already played for Bayern in the 2013-14 season.
Meanwhile Zalgiris Kaounas re-signed guards Vytenis Lipkevicius and Kaspars Vecvagars and picked up its option to keep forwards Edgaras Ulanovas and Siim-Sander Vene for another year. Lipkevicius (1.96 meters, 26 years old) inked a two-year contract while Vecvagars (1.93 meters, 21 years old) penned a new, one-year deal, with a team option to extend it until the end of the 2016-17 season.