Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Chris Singleton and Rudy Fernandez battle for a rebound.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Chris Singleton scored 4 points in the championship game, both on two-handed dunks.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Shane Larkin attempts to drive past Guerschon Yabusele in the final minute of the championship game.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Vincent Poirier with a big second-quarter alley-oop dunk.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Tibor Pleiss pulled down 7 rebounds in the championship game, helping Efes finish the game with a 44-40 rebounding advantage.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Final Four MVP Vasilije Micic goes for a layup against Real big man Walter Tavares.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Guerschon Yabusele, in the crowd between Adrien Moerman and Tibor Pleiss, finished the game with 3 points.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Shane Larkin with a pass, defended by Walter Tavares.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Walter Tavares collected 14 points and 11 rebounds in 22 minutes of the championship game.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Micic drives past Alberto Abalde en route to a game-high 23 points.

AWARDS

SEASON IN REVIEW

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne has made a splash by signing former EuroLeague MVP and the two-time champion [Nando de Colo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/nando-de-colo/002100/) on a two-year deal, the club announced on Thursday. De Colo (1.96 meters, 35 years old) joins ASVEL from Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, where he has spent the last three years. Last season saw de Colo average 11.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 21 games.

Prior to Fenerbahce, de Colo had a successful five-year spell with CSKA Moscow, team he helped win EuroLeague titles in 2016 and 2019 and reach the Final Four five consecutive times, from 2015 to 2019. In the 2015-16 season, De Colo was the EuroLeague MVP, the Final Four MVP and the Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy winner. He has been selected to All-EuroLeague Teams six times, including First Team honors in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and was chosen to the Euroleague Basketball 2010-20 All-Decade Team.

He has accomplished everything possible in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and is now its all-time leader in performance index rating, but Nando De Colo continues working to taste the glory anew with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Focus on: Nando De Colo, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

De Colo is EuroLeague all-time leader with 4,319 index rating points, and the all-time leader in free-throw accuracy at 93.5%. De Colo is also ranked third all-time in scoring with 3,825 points, third all-time with 926 free throws made, eighth with 893 two-pointers made. He is also 14th all-time in assists (874) and 17th in three-pointers made (371).

De Colo started his career with Cholet Basket in his native France and has also played for Valencia Basket in Spain, San Antonio and Toronto in the NBA and Austin in the D-League. He won the French Semaine des As in 2008 and lifted the EuroCup with Valencia in 2010 as a member of the All-EuroCup First Team. De Colo is also a member of the French national team, which he has helped win silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, bronze at the 2019 World Cup, and three EuroBasket medals: gold in 2013, silver in 2011 and bronze in 2015.

He adds a wealth of experience to this young ASVEL side, that finished 14th in the regular season in 2021-22 with a record of eight wins and 20 defeats. 

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">❗️ Recrutement 2022-2023<br><br>LDLC ASVEL a le plaisir d’annoncer la signature de <a href="https://twitter.com/NandoDeColo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NandoDeColo</a> pour les 2 prochaines saisons. <br><br>👉 <a href="https://t.co/j4HOqNCzJo">https://t.co/j4HOqNCzJo</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LDLCASVEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LDLCASVEL</a> <a href="https://t.co/JemWBl3gRg">pic.twitter.com/JemWBl3gRg</a></p>&mdash; LDLC ASVEL (@LDLCASVEL) <a href="https://twitter.com/LDLCASVEL/status/1542579499539337216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

De Colo makes switch to ASVEL

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul finished its 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign. Check this Slide Show with its best 10 pictures! 

Top 10 Photos of the 2021-22 Season: Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Sehmus Hazer - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 

Nando De Colo - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Pierria Henry - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 

Dyshawn Pierre - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 

Danilo Barthel - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 

Marko Guduric - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Jan Vesely - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Jehyve Floyd - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 

Devin Booker - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Achille Polonara - Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 

Panathinaikos OPAP Athens has appointed [Dejan Radonjic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/teams/crvena-zvezda-mts-belgrade/red/radonjic-dejan/) as its new head coach. The contract is for two seasons. Radonjic, 52, spent the last year and a half in charge of Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade. It was his second spell at the club. Last season saw Zvezda finish in 11th place in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with a record of 12-16, while Panathinaikos came in 13th with a record of 9-19. Radonjic led Zvezda to the ABA League and Serbian League titles in each of the last two seasons.

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Radonjic began his coaching career back in 2006 after taking the reins at Buducnost Podgorica, where he stayed until April 2013. In that period, he also became the head coach of the Montenegrin national team, a role he held between 2008 and 2011. Radonjic left Buducnost in 2013 to coach Zvezda for the first time and stayed there until the end of the 2016-17 season. In 2018 he joined Bayern Munich, where he stayed until January 2020. Then, in December of that year, he returned to Zvezda for the second time.

"I am very happy, excited and I feel very honored to be a member of the great family of Panathinaikos, one of the most important teams in Europe," Radonjic said. "I want to thank the people of the team for the trust and support I have received, which means a lot to me. We have a lot of work ahead of us, but I am sure that together we will do great things that are appropriate for Panathinaikos."

Panathinaikos names Radonjic head coach

Anadolu Efes Istanbul signed power forward Amath M’Baye, the club announced Thursday. 

Efes tabs M’Baye at power forward

Anadolu Efes Istanbul signed power forward [Amath M’Baye](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/amath-m-baye/007993/), the club announced Thursday. The deal is for one season with an option for a second. M’Baye (2.06 meters, 32 years old) arrives from Pinar Karsiyaka, with which he averaged 15.1 points and 4.5 rebounds in the Turkish League last season. He averaged 14.7 points and 4.3 rebounds in the Turkish playoffs against Efes.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">📢 Başarılı Fransız oyuncu <a href="https://twitter.com/Amath22Juice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Amath22Juice</a> ile 1+1 yıllık sözleşme imzaladık! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Welcome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Welcome</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhereIStand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WhereIStand</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BenimYerimBuras%C4%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BenimYerimBurası</a> <a href="https://t.co/u61F6LBNgu">pic.twitter.com/u61F6LBNgu</a></p>&mdash; Anadolu Efes SK (@AnadoluEfesSK) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK/status/1542420495974502403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

M’Baye returns to the EuroLeague after playing for AX Armani Exchange Milan during the 2017-18 season. He averaged 6.1 points and 2.0 rebounds in 30 games for Milan. A native of France, M’Baye played college basketball in the United States before beginning his professional career in Japan with Nagoya Diamond Dolphins in 2013. He played for Brindisi, Milan and Virtus Bologna in Italy before joining Karsiyaka in 2019. M’Baye won the Italian League with Milan in 2018 and the Basketball Champions League with Virtus in 2019. He also won a bronze medal as a member of the French national team at the Basketball World Cup in 2019.

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has announced the signing of guard [Wade Baldwin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/wade-baldwin-iv/009863/) on a two-year deal. The point guard arrives from Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. Baldwin (1.93 meters, 26 years old) played in 30 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season, during which he averaged 14.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.1 steals. He also helped Baskonia reach the semifinals of the Spanish League playoffs.

After a breakout performance in his second Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season, point guard Wade Baldwin IV is looking to reach even greater heights with his new club, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Focus on: Wade Baldwin IV, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz

Maccabi is the fourth team that Baldwin will represent in the EuroLeague; he previously played for Olympiacos Piraeus (2019-20), FC Bayern Munich (2020-21) and Baskonia (2021-22). Prior to that, he was the 17th overall selection in the 2016 NBA Draft and played for Memphis (2016-17) and Portland (2017-19).

Baldwin is the latest signing as Maccabi has revamped its roster in June. After appointing Oded Kattash as head coach, the club has signed Alex Poythress, Bonzie Colson, Guy Pnini, Darrun Hilliard, Austin Hollins, Rafi Menco, Lorenzo Brown and now Baldwin. 

"Wade is one of the top guards in the EuroLeague and possesses extraordinary physical skills," Coach Kattash said. "He plays well on both ends of the court and brings tenacity and aggressiveness."

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Full steam ahead ⚡️<a href="<https://twitter.com/hashtag/FireUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FireUp</a>> | <a href="<https://twitter.com/hashtag/WelcomeWadeIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WelcomeWadeIV</a>> | <a href="<https://twitter.com/The_Fourth_Wade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@The_Fourth_Wade</a>> <a href="<https://t.co/fAbSbAztpd">pic.twitter.com/fAbSbAztpd</a></p>&mdash>; Maccabi Tel Aviv BC (@MaccabitlvBC) <a href="<https://twitter.com/MaccabitlvBC/status/1542419846520086530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June> 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="<https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js>" charset="utf-8"></script>

Maccabi makes playmaker Baldwin its latest signing

Partizan brings Andjusic back home 

[Danilo Andjusic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/danilo-andjusic/000956/) has returned to Partizan NIS Belgarde. The veteran sharpshooter penned a two-year contract with his hometown team on Thursday. Andjusic (1.94 meters, 31 years old) arrives from AS Monaco, where he averaged 7.7 points on 42.5% three-point and 87.3% free throw shooting in 30 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague last season, mostly coming off the bench. He helped Monaco reach the EuroLeague Playoffs and the French League finals.

Danilo Andjusic Top Plays of the 2021-22 Regular Season and of the 2021-22 Playoffs

2021-22 season highlights Danilo Andjusic Monaco.mp4

Andjusic joined Monaco from Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse, with which he ranked second in scoring in the 7DAYS EuroCup in 2020-21 with 17.4 points per game. He also averaged 3.1 assists in 15 games and ranked fifth in free throw accuracy at 90.7%. Andjusic previously played for Partizan from 2010 to 2012 and made his EuroLeague debut with the club. He started his professional basketball career with Hemofarm Vrsac and has also played for Virtus Segafredo Bologna of Italy, Baloncesto Valladolid and Bilbao Basket of Spain, Anwil Wloclawek of Poland, Parma Perm and UNICS Kazan of Russia, and Igokea Aleksandrovac of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Andjusic helped Partizan win the Serbian League and Cup double in 2012 and also lifted the Bosnian Cup with Igokea in 2019. He is also a member of the Serbian national team. In 55 EuroLeague career games with Monaco, Partizan and UNICS, Andjusic averaged 5.8 points.

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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne finished its 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign. Check this Slide Show with its best 10 pictures! 

Top 10 Photos of the 2021-22 Season: LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Elie Okobo - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Victor Wembanyama - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 

Chris Jones - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Charles Kahudi - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Paul Lacombe - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

James Gist - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Youssoupha Fall - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Dylan Osetkowski - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

William Howard - LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Kostas Antetokounmpo- LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has a new weapon in its backcourt after signing point guard Lorenzo Brown to a two-year contract, the club announced on Wednesday. 

Maccabi signs Brown at point guard

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has a new weapon in its backcourt after signing point guard [Lorenzo Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/lorenzo-brown/009622/) to a two-year contract, the club announced on Wednesday. Brown (1.96 meters, 31 years old) spent last season with UNICS Kazan with which he ranked second in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague in assists with 6.1 per game in 24 appearances. He also tallied 13.8 points and 3.6 rebounds and ranked fourth with 1.5 steals per game last season.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bringing the heat 🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FireUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FireUp</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WelcomeLorenzo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WelcomeLorenzo</a> <a href="https://t.co/vwi4uLHC8Z">pic.twitter.com/vwi4uLHC8Z</a></p>&mdash; Maccabi Tel Aviv BC (@MaccabitlvBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaccabitlvBC/status/1542058176736100355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This will be the fourth EuroLeague club in as many seasons for Brown. He made his competition debut with Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade in the 2019-20 season and played for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul in 2020-21. In 88 career appearances, he has averaged 11.5 points, 4.5 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals. Brown played parts of five seasons in the NBA and the G-League at the start of his career with Philadelphia, Minnesota, Phoenix and Toronto. Brown also played in China for two seasons for Zhejiang and Guangzhou.

“I'm excited to join the Maccabi family," Brown told the club's website. "I’m looking forward to being a part of the legacy that’s been created and also playing in front of the wonderful fan base.”

Brown is league leader with 6.1 assists, having dished 6 or more assists in 12 games, but he has performed at a high level and starred with his all-round contributions. Brown ranks fourth in average performance index rating (18.1) this season, and ranks eighth in scoring (14.1 ppg.) and sixth in steals (1.5 spg.).

2021-22 EuroLeague MVP candidate: Lorenzo Brown

Maccabi lands playmaker Brown

 Joe Arlauckas hosts the Efes title-game star on the podcast's season finale

Back-to-back champ Tibor Pleiss joins The Crossover

Joe Arlauckas always like to talk to the big men, so who would make a better guest to conclude the 2021-22 season of The Crossover than Anadolu Efes Istanbul center Tibor Pleiss? Not only did Pleiss win his second consecutive EuroLeague crown, but he played a huge role down the stretch in the recent Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game in Belgrade, which the two discussed at length.

Of course, they started at the beginning. Pleiss grew up in Cologne, Germany – the home of the 2021 Final Four. Long before his dream of becoming a champion could become a reality, Pleiss's frustration with the time and effort that went into playing as a teenager almost caused him to walk away. 

\[13:45\] "I had two times consideration when I was playing for the young teams where I was thinking about quitting basketball... It was when I was 14-15," Pleiss revealed. "I drove like one and a half hours to practice. But I didn't play at all. I was traveling with the team. I think I was one of the best scorers on the team, but I had less playing time than anybody else. I had this moment where I was thinking, is this all worth it?"

Fortunately, Pleiss stayed with basketball and, by the time he was 17, was already training with the professional team in Cologne and even traveling to EuroCup games abroad. He was still a teenager when he left Cologne to play for Brose Baskets, where he made his EuroLeague debut. Pleiss would go on to play for Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, FC Barcelona and Valencia in Spain, Utah in the NBA and Galatasaray in Turkey, which is where he first linked up with Efes head coach Ergin Ataman.

\[28:25\] "He called me at that time and said, 'Hey Tibor, I know you had a tough season, but if you come to me, we can do something good. I'll give you your free time. You can play. You can do whatever you want.' I think that's what made my decision even easier. So I moved to Gala."

One of Pleiss's great weapons has been his ability to stretch the floor with his long-range shooting, forcing opposing centers out to guard him on the perimeter. At first, however, it was not easy to convince Ataman to let him fire away from deep.

\[29:10\] "Go to the three-point line and give me 6 three-point shots in a row. If you make 6 three-point shots in a row, I'll give you 1 shot every game," Ataman said to Pleiss in a preseason practice in 2016. "I went to the three-point line and I think I made 8 in a row, or 9." 

Pleiss joined Ataman and Efes in 2018 and was a part of the big turnaround that saw the team go from last place the season before to the 2019 EuroLeague Championship Game. The following season, Efes was flying high and dead-set on winning the title when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. 

\[39:00\] "We just thought that this season was different. We had a great shape. We have to continue, so everybody tried to stay in shape," Pleiss recalled of the period when the 2019-20 season was first suspended. "And then of course, when they decided not to continue the season anymore, it was kind of like a hit."

Efes finally got the chance to win the title at the 2021 Final Four in his hometown. Even though he did not have a big part in the rotation when that Final Four rolled around, Pleiss showed his team spirit and character even from the bench.

\[45:30\] "I knew already that I had done my part as well. At the beginning of the season, I had some good games as well. I played good. And I felt like now, I don't care. Of course, I wanted to be on the court, but on the other \[hand\], I wanted to win the championship," Pleiss explained. "I told myself, I don't care who is playing, I want to go out, I want to leave and hold the cup in my hands."

The Final Four in Belgrade was Pleiss's third and he was physically and mentally ready for the challenge. So when the opposition focused more on his star teammates Shane Larkin and Vasilije Micic, Pleiss was ready to take advantage. Among his highlights was a play that got Arlauckas out of his seat!

\[1:11:10\] "I got the ball, I wanted to shoot, I saw like Rudy \[Fernandez\] flying by. I was like, 'Have a good flight. Have a good take-off.' Just a little dribble and, I don't know, I took the shot and the ball went in," Pleiss relayed calmly. 

That shot, which Arlauckas considered the play of the game, helped Efes maintain control. Efes went forward to win it all for a second straight season and put Pleiss's name in the history books.  

With a one-hour format of exclusive one-on-one interviews, The Crossover with Joe Arlauckas goes well beyond the playing court with each podcast to delve into the life experiences that have made his guests protagonists and legends of the EuroLeague. The Crossover debuted in 2018 and has featured such current stars as Mike James, Guerschon Yabusele, Nicolo Melli and Vasilije Micic, coaching greats such as Georgios Bartzokas, Pablo Laso and Zeljko Obradovic, and legends like Theo Papaloukas, Nikola Vujcic and Mike Batiste, among others.

The Crossover with Joe Arlauckas is available on Youtube, [iTunes](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crossover-with-joe-arlauckas/id1440034922), [Audioboom](https://audioboom.com/channel/the-crossover-with-joe-arlauckas), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/6T1SYvGSpzyrYZpG9z2wjR), [Deezer](https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/65962), [RadioPublic](https://radiopublic.com/the-crossover-with-joe-arlauckas-6NkdjJ), [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ4ODM3OTkucnNz?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwiYzr_b78XtAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ), [TuneIn](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports–Recreation-Podcasts/The-Crossover-with-Joe-Arlauckas-p1174586/), [Stitcher](https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-crossover-with-joe-arlauckas), [CastBox](https://castbox.fm/channel/The-Crossover-with-Joe-Arlauckas-id1467328?country=gb), [iVoox](https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-the-crossover-with-joe-arlauckas_sq_f1629856_1.html) and other platforms.

Joe Arlauckas hosts the Efes title-game star on the podcast's season finale

Back-to-back champ Tibor Pleiss joins The Crossover 

FC Bayern Munich finished its 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign. Check this Slide Show with its best 10 pictures! 

Top 10 Photos of the 2021-22 Season: FC Bayern Munich

Nick Weiler-Babb - FC Bayern Munich

Deshaun Thomas - FC Bayern Munich

Corey Walden - FC Bayern Munich

Othello Hunter - FC Bayern Munich 

Ognjen Jaramaz - FC Bayern Munich

Vladimir Lucic - FC Bayern Munich

Andreas Obst - FC Bayern Munich

Augustine Rubit - FC Bayern Munich 

Darrun Hilliard - FC Bayern Munich

Gavin Schilling - FC Bayern Munich

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv announced the signing of small forward Rafi Menco, who arrives from fellow Israeli club Hapoel Holon. Menco (2.00 meters, 28 years old) helped Holon win the Israeli championship last season when he averaged 9.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists He also helped Holon reach the semifinals of the Basketball Champions League.

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Menco began his professional career with Hapoel Jerusalem and also played for Hapoel Gilboa Galil, Hapoel Eilat and Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel. He won the Israeli Cup in 2016 with Jerusalem. Menco also spent the 2020-21 campaign in France with Elan Chalon. He has been a regular on the Israeli national team, too.

Maccabi adds Menco at forward

AX Armani Exchange Milan strengthened its backcourt by signing shooting guard [Billy Baron](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/billy-baron/005775/) to a two-year deal, the club announced on Tuesday. Baron (1.88 meters, 31 years old) arrives from Zenit St Petersburg, where he spent the past two season. He averaged 11.2 points in 23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season, mostly off the bench. Baron helped Zenit win the VTB United League title for the first time in club history. In 88 career EuroLeague games, Baron has averaged 10.6 points while making 40.6% of his three-point shots and 85.1% of his free throw attempts.

Baron joined Zenit from Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, where he debuted in the EuroLeague in the 2019-20 campaign. He also led Zvezda to the 2019 Serbian League championship with a game-winning buzzer-beating layup in the title-clinching 75-76 win over Partizan NIS Belgrade. Baron also helped Zvezda win the Adriatic League. He started his career with Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius of Lithuania and also played for Spirou Charleroi of Belgium, UCAM Murcia of Spain and Eskisehir Basket of Turkey before joining Zvezda. Baron has been a member of the USA national team, with which he won a gold medal at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">📝L&#39;Olimpia aggiunge 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻: &quot;Giocare a questi livelli era il mio obiettivo, farò tutto quello che posso&quot;➡<a href="https://t.co/KMObSYKJsA">https://t.co/KMObSYKJsA</a><br><br>📝Here is Billy Baron: &quot;It’s been a goal of mine to play for a club of this level&quot;➡<a href="https://t.co/Nve3L2d8Lh">https://t.co/Nve3L2d8Lh</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/insieme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#insieme</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WelcomeBilly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WelcomeBilly</a> <a href="https://t.co/SjIQ8wjaBB">pic.twitter.com/SjIQ8wjaBB</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1541739579392331777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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