By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
On Tuesday Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius announced the addition of forward Drew Gordon to the team for the next season, with an option for another one. Gordon (2.05 meters, 26 years old) arrives from Champagne Chalons-Reims of France, where last season he averaged 14.0 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 30 games.
Gordon also played with Partizan Belgrade in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and also has some 7DAYS EuroCup experience, as in 2013-14 he played with two teams, Banvit Bandirma and Dinamo Sassari. After those years in Europe, Gordon managed to land a deal with the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA, but he ended the season with the Delaware 87ers of the D-League before returning to Europe.
Meanwhile Union Olimpija Ljubljana continued getting its roster ready for the upcoming 7DAYS EuroCup campaign by bringing in experienced center Stevan Milosevic who inked a one year deal, club announced on Monday evening. Milosevic (31 years old) has been a pro for more than a decade, and has a pair of EuroCup appearances, one game as a teenager in 2004 while with Buducnost VOLI Podgorica, and another four years later with Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade. Last season Milosevic played with Torun in Poland where he averaged 6.1 points and 5.7 rebounds in the Polish League