By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
King Wilki Morskie Szczecin welcomed 26-year-old Michal Kierlewicz to the 2024-25 squad. In his Basketball Champions League debut, the Polish point guard joined Kacper Borowski, Chad Brown, Aleksander Dziewa, Mateusz Kostrzewski, Filip Matczak, Teyvon Myers, Andrzej Mazurczak, Tony Meier, Kassim Nicholson, Szymon Wojcik, James Woodard, and Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz.
The team coached by Arkadiusz Miloszewski will play in Group B of the BCL Regular Season. The opponents in a six-game double-legged round-robin schedule are defending champion Unicaja, lasting original Filou Oostende, and one more team coming out of the Qualification Rounds in Antalya, Aliaga Petkimspor, Caledonia Gladiators, Cholet, CSM Oradea, Heroes Den Bosch, or PAOK mateco.
Another Qualification tournament features Benfica alongside Fribourg Olympic, Norrkoping Dolphins, Nokia, Sabah, and Rilski Sportist. Reacting to Aaron Broussard being forced to the injury list, the Eagles signed 31-year-old Marcus Thornton. In 2018-19, the former William & Mary standout played three BCL games with Banvit. He spent last season in Greece with Lavrio Megabolt and switched to Mexico’s Astros de Jalisco in the summer. The next stop meets Jose Barbosa, Makrem Ben Romdhane, Betinho Gomes, Aaron Broussard, Nico Carvacho, Trey Drechsel, Eduardo Francisco, Diogo Gameiro, Ahmaad Rorie, Daniel Relvao, Jose Silva, and Tyler Stone.
Fellow Qualifiers outfit, Kutaisi 2010 completed the squad with 25-year-old Elijah Joiner and 30-year-old Josh Fortune. Baqari Berekashvili, Mikheil Berishvili, Beka Bekauri, Akaki Dvalishvili, Temo Dvalishvili, Dachi Kavtaradze, Giorgi Korsantia, Giorgi Ochkhikidze, Nika Soselia, and Giorgi Sulaberidze were already in for the team coached by Kote Tugushi.