By Semih Tuna/ info@eurohoops.net
After parting ways with Zalgiris due to personal reasons in October, Tyrone Wallace has reached an agreement with Galatasaray to return to action, per Eurohoops sources.
The Lions are expected to officially welcome the 30-year-old combo guard soon.
Starting the 2024-25 season with the team based in Kaunas, Wallace tallied 4.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game over two appearances in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, and went for 12.7 points per contest in Lithuania’s Betsafe LKL.
Galatasaray has reached an agreement with Tyrone Wallace, who started the season with Žalgiris Kaunas.
An official announcement is expected to be made soon.@EurohoopsTR & @Eurohoopsnet
— Semih Tuna (@semih_tuna) January 13, 2025
Back in 2016, coming out of California, Wallace was selected with the 60th and final pick of the NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. He went on to play in 114 games in the league based in North America, from two years with the Los Angeles Clippers to shorter stints with the Atlanta Hawks and New Orleans Pelicans.
Expanding his career overseas, he went from the second-tier of Euroleague Basketball with Paris in 2022-23 and Turk Telekom in 2023-24 to the EuroLeague by signing with Zalgiris in July. However, he was released from his contract upon mutual agreement and has been a free agent over recent months.
Galata falling to Anadolu Efes in Round 14 of the Turkiye Sigorta Basketbol Super Ligi on Sunday snapped a seven-game winning streak between the BSL and the Basketball Champions League. The current situation features a 1-0 lead over Saint-Quentin in a best-of-three Play-In series in the BCL and a 10-4 record to sit fourth in the BSL table.
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