Partizan NIS Belgrade added experience and deep range to its roster by inking small forward James Nunnally to a one-year deal, the club announced Wednesday. Nunnally (2.01 meters, 32 years old) arrives from Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, where he averaged 13.8 points on 40.7% three-point shooting and 89.8% free throw accuracy, 3.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 32 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season. Nunnally already worked for Partizan head coach Zeljko Obradovic, as both of them helped Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul win the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague title in 2017.
Partizan brings in scoring ace Nunnally
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Nunnally has made 45.2% of his three-point shots in five EuroLeague seasons, which is the second-best shooting percentage ever for a player with at least 150 triples, only trailing Petteri Koponen (247-of-535, 46.2% 3FG). Partizan will be his fourth EuroLeague stop after three seasons with Fenerbahce and one with Maccabi and AX Armani Exchange Milan. He has also played for Maccabi Ashdod in Israel Estudiantes Madrid in Spain; Avellino and Milan in Italy; Kavala in Greece; Atlanta, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Houston and New Orleans in the NBA; Bakersfield and Frisco in the G-League; and Shanghai in China. In addition to winning the EuroLeague, he also won two Turkish championships and one Turkish Cup with Fenerbahce.