This summer, once again, 7DAYS EuroCup teams signed a number of players with significant experience in the competition. These veterans are capable of making impacts on and off the court and are often needed in building winning teams. Here's a list of the top EuroCup veterans who have found new homes over the summer.
Signings: EuroCup veterans
Zach Auguste, Frutti Extra Bursaspor
One of the best rebounders in the competition, Zach Auguste has amassed great EuroCup experience since making his debut in the 2018-19 campaign. At 29 years of age, Auguste has 46 appearances in his three EuroCup seasons with Galatasaray Istanbul and Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana. He has averaged 10.9 points and 6.2 rebounds, which is the second-best rebounding average for players with more than 30 appearances since Auguste entered the competition. He will bring all of that into Bursaspor's paint this season.
Ondrej Balvin, Prometey Slobozhanske
Ondrej Balvin returns to the EuroCup for the first time after four years away, but he is no stranger to this competition, having made his debut as a teenager more than a decade ago with Cajasol Seville. The big man who turns 30 this week, Balvin has played five EuroCup seasons during his career and no player on this list has more appearances than Baldvin's 55. He will bring plenty of experience to newcomer Prometey Slobozhanske.
Axel Bouteille, Turk Telekom Ankara
The 27-year-old Axel Bouteille is both the youngest player as well as the player with the second most appearances on this list, 51. Bouteille, who made his debut in 2013 with Elan Chalon, has also played for Limoges CSP and Unicaja Malaga. He is a 45.3% career three-point shooter. With career averages of 11.2 points and 3.1 rebounds, Bouteille could be one of the go-to guys for a Turk Telekom squad that brought in nearly a dozen new players this summer.
David Cournooh, Germani Brescia
This will be the fourth different Italian club for David Cournooh, who previously played in the EuroCup with Montepaschi Siena, Brindisi and most recently for Virtus Segafredo Bologna in the 2019-20 season. A seasoned veteran at 32 years of age, Cournooh will give Germani Brescia a great boost of experience in the club's own return to the competition after a year away.
Conor Morgan, Slask Wroclaw
Conor Morgan never played in the EuroCup before the 2019-20 campaign, but the native of Canada has played in at least 15 games in each of the last three seasons. With a total of 48 appearances, Morgan has scored 8.4 points on 59.4% two-point shooting and grabbed 3.3 rebounds while playing 19 minutes per game. He has also knocked down 68 triples in his EuroCup career and should have a big role on a revamped Slask Wroclaw roster.
Jordan Taylor, U-BT Cluj-Napoca
For its debut in the competition, Cluj has put its offense in the hands of veteran playmaker Jordan Taylor. Back in the competition for the first time in four years, the 32-year-old Taylor has played four seasons with four different teams in the competition. Wearing the uniforms of Virtus Rome, ALBA Berlin, Galatasaray Istanbul and Limoges CSP, Taylor has made 40 EuroCup appearances with averages of 9.6 points, 4.1 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 steals. His experience will be invaluable for Cluj in the club's first season in the competition.
Amedeo Tessitori, Umana Reyer Venice
This past May, Amedeo Tessitori was holding the EuroCup trophy after helping Virtus Segafredo Bologna win it all. Tessitori not only won it last season, but he also helped Virtus reach the semifinals a year earlier. The big man, who will turn 28 years of age in October, has come off the bench in 40 of his 48 career EuroCup appearances and now brings that championship-winning experience to Umana Reyer Venice, a team that does not lack ambitions this season.
Michalis Tsairelis, Promitheas Patras
No player on this list made his EuroCup debut longer ago than 34-year-old big man Michalis Tsairelis, one of the summer additions of Promitheas Patras. Tsairelis first played in the competition with Aris Thessaloniki in the 2010-11 season. He played one more season with Aris and another with PAOK Thessaloniki and now Tsairelis returns to the EuroCup for the first time in almost nine years, ready to use his experience to help Promitheas to get back to the playoffs.
Jonas Wohlfarth-Botterman, Hamburg Towers
Hamburg Towers will be the fourth different German team in the EuroCup for Jonas Wohlfarth-Botterman, who returns to the competition after a three-year hiatus. The 32-year-old center made his debut in 2013 with ALBA Berlin and has also played for ratiopharm Ulm and Fraport Skyliners. He enters this season with 48 appearances over five seasons, during which he's averaged 4.9 points and 2.9 rebounds.
Tomislav Zubcic, London Lions
It's been a while since we witnessed Tomislav Zubcic on the EuroCup stage. He notched 42 appearances over five seasons between 2011 and 2017, a pair with each Cibona Zagreb and Cedevita Zagreb of his native Croatia and one with Nizhny Novgorod. The playmaking stretch-four is now a 32-year-old veteran who brings much-needed veteran experience and valuable versatility to the newcomer from the British capital.