A long relationship got extended even longer as on Saturday LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne announced that veteran guard David Lighty will play for the team until the end of the 2025-26 season. Lighty (1.95 meters, 31 years old) averaged 11.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 rebounds in 33 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague appearances last season, 25 of them as a starter. Lighty first joined ASVEL in 2014, and after a couple of seasons there, he moved to Italy in 2016-17. However, after that season he moved back to Lyon, and has played with ASVEL since. When the contract comes to an end, Lighty will have played a total 11 seasons with the club and he will play there until the end of his career, as the club announced.
