The veteran returns to the EuroLeague after a season away
Dubai extends swingman Awudu Abass
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Dubai Basketball reached an agreement with swingman Awudu Abass to remain together through the end of the 2025-26 season, the club announced Friday.
Abass (1.98 meters, 32 years old) averaged 11.5 points and 4.4 rebounds in 35 Adriatic League games last season in helping Dubai reach the semifinals. He started his career with Pallacanestro Cantu of his native Italy and also played for EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, Germani Brescia Leonessa and Virtus Segafredo Bologna before joining Dubai last summer. Abass is also a member of the Italian national team, and helped its U20 squad win the gold medal at the 2013 U20 European Championships.
Abass missed the 2021-22 season due to injury, the year in which his team, Virtus, won the BKT EuroCup. Before that, he helped Milan win the Italian Cup in 2017 and the Italian League in 2018. He added a second Italian League crown with Virtus in 2021.
In 73 EuroLeague career games with Cantu, Milan and Virtus, Abass has averaged 4.2 points and 1.7 rebounds. He's had better numbers in the EuroCup, averaging 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds in 72 career games with Cantu, Brescia and Virtus. Abass is now back to the EuroLeague for his sixth season in the competition.