EA7 Emporio Armani Milan has secured the arrival of Shabazz Napier on a deal until the end of the season, the club announced on Saturday. Napier (1.85 meters, 31 years old) last played for Capitanes of the G League, where he averaged 17.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.7 steals in 19 games. The point guard will make his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut when he takes to the floor in a Milan jersey. Napier had joined Zenit St. Petersburg ahead of the 2021-22 season, but he suffered an ankle injury in September 2021 and left in late February, having not played a game in the EuroLeague.
Milan adds point guard Shabazz Napier
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Napier first made a name for himself at the University of Connecticut, winning two NCAA Tournament championships in 2011 and 2014, before going on to play for Miami, Orlando, Portland, Brooklyn, Minnesota and Washington in the NBA between 2014 and 2020. The 24th overall selection in the 2014 NBA Draft also played for Sioux Falls of the G League in 2014-15. He joined Zenit in the summer of 2020 and made an instant impact, scoring 33 points in a pre-season Russian Super Cup win over UNICS Kazan, but 30 seconds into his second appearance for the club, he sustained an ankle injury. Napier, a member of the Puerto Rican national team, represented Capitanes in the first half of this season, but he will now finally get a chance to play in the EuroLeague with Milan.