Aris Thessaloniki added a weapon to its frontline with the signing on Roberts Blumbergs for the coming season.
Blumbergs (2.08 meters, 25 years old) comes off an outstanding season with Romanian club CSU Sibiu in which he averaged 15.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. He made 1.8 three-pointers per game at a 44.6% success rate. A native of Latvia, Blumbergs made his senior debut in Germany with Artland Dragons before heading overseas to play college basketball at Gran Canyon University. He then began his professional career with Valmiera in Latvia and also played for Liepaja Lauvas in Latvia and Palencia in Spain.