2021-05-10 07:00:00
Two of its leaders, Zack Wright (calf, out three weeks) and Codi Miller-McIntyre (fracture of the fifth metatarsal of the right foot, probable end of season), in the infirmary, Bourg-en-Bresse sought to strengthen in view of the end of the season. The club, which only has Hugo Benitez in its ranks as a pure leader (3.6 points, 2.3 assists in 13 minutes per game this season) announced this Monday morning that it had secured the services of American Pierre Jackson (1.80 m, 29 years old).
Qualified for the derby once morest Asvel on Monday May 17?
Savo Vucevic’s team (5th in the Championship with 16 wins for 8 losses), which beat Boulogne-Levallois (86-77) last Wednesday in Jeep Elite and receives the Boulazac red lantern this Friday, hopes to be able to integrate its recruit from Monday next May 17, during the derby once morest Asvel, which is ahead of it in the ranking (4th, 15-6). The JL won in Villeurbanne in October, following extra time (104-102).
The leader from Las Vegas, who played for Galatasaray this season, where he averaged, in seven matches played, 19.4 points (but 41% shooting) and 8.9 assists, arrived in France this Monday morning, the club confirmed to us. The player will have to observe a “septaine”.
A quick passage through Asvel
But it remains to be proven that the former Baylor university student (2011-2013), crowned 2021 NCAA champion, will be able to play physically, since he is suffering from a hamstring injury, declared by his former Turkish club on April 27. Jackson, a big scorer, played with Maccabi Tel-Aviv at 14.5 points and 4.2 assists in the Euroleague in 2017-2018, a season following wearing the Dallas Mavericks jersey eight times in the NBA. In China with the Beijing “Dragons”, in 2018-2019, he recorded averages of 39.8 points (two peaks at 63 and 67 points and the distinction of best CBA scorer) and 9.3 assists.
Hired by Asvel in 2013 just following his draft (42nd by Philadelphia), he ultimately never wore the Villeurbanne jersey in an official match under the orders of Pierre Vincent, who at the time reflected his sudden departure by evoking a “homesickness”.
Just a few days ago, another player had signed in France from Galatasaray – who are not playing in the Turkish play-offs, which explains this. This is the interior Brock Motum, who took charge of Nanterre.
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