By Cesare Milanti/ info@eurohoops.net
After moving to PAOK in the summer of 2022, Jaylen Hands stays in Greece and in the Basketball Champions League to sign with Vassilis Spanoulis’ Peristeri until the end of the 2023-24 season.
In the last year, alongside Jalen Riley, the former Ludwigsburg and Antwerp player averaged 14.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game but couldn’t bring PAOK further than the Play-Ins, where the black-and-white side got eliminated by Rytas Vilnius
The 24-year-old, who came out of UCLA in 2019, is the third addition to the yellow-and-blue team after Joe Ragland and Elijah Mitrou-Long. The Greek side won’t have Miro Bilan, who moved to Germani Brescia, and Dimitris Moraitis, who joined Ergin Ataman’s Panathinaikos.
As confirmed by Eurohoops sources, they are also interested in Lefteris Bochoridis and Octavius Ellis. One name which is in Vassilis Spanoulis’ mind is also his former Olympiacos teammate Ethan Happ, who’s coming off a great season with Rio Breogan.
Sticking to PAOK, Nikolaos Tsiakmas is staying with the black-and-white team in the 2023-24 season as well. Elsewhere, Limoges announced the arrival of Kameron McGusty from Assigeco Piacenza, following 19.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game season in the Italian second division.
In the ACB League, Lenovo Tenerife announced the departure of Sergio Rodríguez, Moussa Diagne, and Leandro Bolmaro as their contract with the black-and-yellow team expires on June 30.