AS Monaco and star guard Rob Gray, the MVP of the 7DAYS EuroCup Finals, agreed on Friday to a new deal that will keep them together for two more seasons.

Monaco re-signs EuroCup Finals MVP Gray

Gray (1.85 meters, 27 years old) joined Monaco during the season and averaged 18.2 points on 50% three-point shooting in 13 EuroCup games. He was the semifinals MVP after scoring 25 points in Game 1 against Herbalife Gran Canaria and making the series winning jumper in Game 2. Gray then averaged 24 points in the finals as Monaco made history by winning the EuroCup. He began the season with French club Boulogne Metropolitans 92 and averaged 14.5 points in four EuroCup games before moving to Monaco.

Gray began his professional basketball career with Fort Wayne of the G League, and also played for JL Bourg Basket before joining Metropolitans last season. Before that, he finished his college career at the University of Houston. Gray can now look forward to making his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut with Monaco next season.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">✍️ 𝗥𝗼𝗯 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘆 prolonge avec l’AS Monaco Basket ! 🧨 Le MVP de la dernière finale <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroCup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroCup</a> (1,85 m, 27 ans) continuera de dégainer 🎯 en <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BetclicELITE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BetclicELITE</a> et en <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a> 🔥<br>🔂 <a href="https://twitter.com/iRob_G?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iRob_G</a> 𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙡’𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 🇲🇨 <a href="https://t.co/WUD2lpWqC7">pic.twitter.com/WUD2lpWqC7</a></p>&mdash; AS Monaco Basket (@ASMonaco_Basket) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMonaco_Basket/status/1418526507778064384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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AS Monaco and star guard Rob Gray, the MVP of the 7DAYS EuroCup Finals, agreed on Friday to a new deal that will keep them together for two more seasons. 

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Real Madrid added versatility and experience to its roster by signing swingman Adam Hanga to a two-year deal, the club announced Friday. Hanga (2.01 meters, 32 years old) averaged 4.6 points and 2.2 steals in 41 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season, his fourth with Barcelona. He helped Barcelona win the Spanish double - league and cup titles - and reach the EuroLeague Championship Game in 2021. Before that, he won back-to-back Spanish Copa del Rey titles with Barcelona in 2018 and 2019. Hanga had a stellar 2016-17 season with KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, averaging 10.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals in 33 games that season, and being chosen as the EuroLeague Best Defender by the competition's head coaches.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">🙌 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BienvenidoHanga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BienvenidoHanga</a> 🙌 <a href="https://t.co/YbSplRqra3">pic.twitter.com/YbSplRqra3</a></p>&mdash; Real Madrid Basket (@RMBaloncesto) <a href="https://twitter.com/RMBaloncesto/status/1418610771785920512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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In 197 career games over five EuroLeague seasons, Hanga has accumulated 1,468 points, 693 rebounds and 192 steals. He proved a major contributor to Baskonia reaching the EuroLeague Final Four in 2016 for the first time in eight years as he was the EuroLeague's fourth-best stealer and shot-blocker that season. Hanga started his career with Albacomp-UPC Szekesfehervar of his native Hungary and also played for Basquet Manresa of Spain and Sidigas Avellino of Italy. Hanga is a member of the Hungarian national team.

Real tabs swingman Hanga

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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv bolstered its froncourt by inking big man Roman Sorkin to a one-year deal with an option for another season, the club announced Wednesday. Sorkin (2.08 meters, 24 years old) arrives from Maccabi Haifa, where he averaged 13.4 points and 7.2 rebounds in 29 Israeli League games last season, his third with his former club. Before that, Sorkin helped the University of Oregon reach the NCAA Tournament Final Four in 2017. Sorkin has also been a member of the Israeli national team. "As an Israeli player who grew up in Israeli basketball, this is a very exciting day for me - the day I signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv," Sorkin said after the agreement. "The amazing Maccabi, which is well-known throughout Europe."

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welcome <a href="https://twitter.com/RomannSorkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RomannSorkin</a>!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreMaccabi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreMaccabi</a> <a href="https://t.co/ydo79o6uQA">pic.twitter.com/ydo79o6uQA</a></p>&mdash; Maccabi Tel Aviv BC (@MaccabitlvBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaccabitlvBC/status/1417789730977112077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Maccabi brings in big man Sorkin

FC Bayern Munich added size and experience to its roster by inking center Othello Hunter to a one-year deal, the club announced Wednesday. Hunter (2.03 meters, 35 years old) arrives from Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, where he averaged 8.0 points and 5.3 rebounds in 27 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season. In his two seasons with Maccabi, Hunter helped his former team win back-to-back Israeli League titles, lifting the Israeli Cup in 2021. He started his professional career with Atlanta of the NBA and also played for Ilysiakos of Greece, Dinamo Sassari and Montepaschi Siena of Italy, Shandong Flaming Bulls and Jiangsu Tongxi of China, Azovmash Mariupol of Ukraine, Baloncesto Valladolid and Real Madrid of Spain, Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece and CSKA Moscow of Russia, to which he helped win the EuroLeague title in 2019. He also reached the EuroLeague Championship Game with Olympiacos in 2015 and made it to two other Final Fours - with Real in 2017 and CSKA in 2018. Hunter helped Olympiacos win the Greek League title in 2015, lifted the Spanish Cup trophy with Real in 2017, and claimed back-to-back VTB League crowns with CSKA in 2018 and 2019. In 216 EuroLeague career games with Siena, Olympiacos, Real, CSKA and Maccabi, Hunter averages 8.3 points and 5.3 rebounds. He ranks fifth all-time in offensive rebounds (482).

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑽𝑼𝑺 𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑶 👋<br><br>Welcome to the Bayern Family, Othello Hunter!<br><br>🔗 Mehr dazu <a href="https://t.co/xGI19Y8iwL">https://t.co/xGI19Y8iwL</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCBB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FCBB</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCBB2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FCBB2022</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/O_hunter5?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@O_hunter5</a></p>&mdash; FC Bayern Basketball (@FCBBasketball) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBBasketball/status/1417782182400208897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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"When the offer from Bayern came with Coach Trinchieri, whom I've been following and known for a long time, I didn't think twice about it. We have spoken - and we just have the same views. I'm looking forward to playing for Bayern and we should definitely be a playoff team again, which they did for the first time last season," Hunter said after the agreement. "But actually my goal is always to reach the Final Four and win championships and trophies. I will do the same with Bayern."

Bayern adds veteran big man Hunter

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FC Barcelona strengthened its backcourt by inking combo guard Rokas Jokubaitis to a four-year deal, the club announced Wednesday. Jokubaitis (1.93 meters, 20 years old) arrives from Zalgiris Kaunas, where he averaged 7.0 points and 2.5 assists in 31 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games last season. He finished in second place in the Rising Star voting by EuroLeague head coaches, right behind Usman Garuba of Real Madrid. Jokubaitis started his career with Zalgiris's youth teams.

<div style="display: grid; place-items: center;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="lt" dir="ltr">✅🙌 Acord per a la incorporació de Rokas Jokubaitis per a les quatre pròximes temporades, fins al 30 de juny de 2025<br><br>👋 Rokai, sveikas atvykęs į Barseloną!<br><br>👉 <a href="https://t.co/j1hn48MyyC">https://t.co/j1hn48MyyC</a><br><br>🔵🔴<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/For%C3%A7aBar%C3%A7a?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForçaBarça</a>! <a href="https://t.co/b3OtoJrf44">pic.twitter.com/b3OtoJrf44</a></p>&mdash; 🏆 Barça Basket 🏆 (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1417771518164144128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

He also played for Neptunas Klaipeda's second squad before making his Zalgiris first team debut in the 2017-18 season. He became a full member of Zalgiris's first squad in 2019. Jokubaitis helped his team win three Lithuanian League and two Lithuanian League titles, as well as reaching the EuroLeague Playoffs in 2019. He has also been a member of the Lithuanian national team. Jokubaitis helped Lithuania get a silver medal at the 2016 U16 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2017 U18 European Championships.



Barcelona tabs combo guard Jokubaitis

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After helping the team reach the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs last season, big man Anton Pushkov will continue for two more seasons with Zenit St Petersburg, the club announced on Wednesday. Pushkov (2.08 meters, 32 years old) averaged 1.6 points and 1.2 rebounds in a limited role last season, which was his sixth in a Zenit uniform. He arrived to St Petersburg in 2015 and has since played three 7DAYS EuroCup and two EuroLeague seasons with Zenit. He had debuted in the EuroCup with Khimki Moscow Region back in 2011-12 and was rewarded with that competition's title at the end of the season. Pushkov also won the FIBA Euro Challenge title with Krasnie Krilya Samara in 2013.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🧭 Anton The Push stays with Our Club. +2.<a href="https://t.co/5RfplalYpf">https://t.co/5RfplalYpf</a> <a href="https://t.co/U5VyV2XdRH">pic.twitter.com/U5VyV2XdRH</a></p>&mdash; Basketball club Zenit (@zenitbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/zenitbasket/status/1417854535981281280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Zenit, Pushkov stay together til 2023

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Luigi Datome's long, fruitful Turkish Airlines EuroLeague career began more than 15 years ago with Montepaschi Siena and Virtus Rome, then resumed with Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul before he returned home to Italy recently with AX Armani Exchange Milan.

His unique versatility as a true all-around threat has put Datome in the orbit of true EuroLeague superstars. The proof is in his five Final Four appearances, selection to the 2015-16 All-EuroLeague team and, of course, his strong role in lifting the title with Fenerbahce in 2017. The numbers bear out Datome's uniqueness, too. Last season, he became the first player in EuroLeague history to combine for 800 rebounds, 400 two-pointers and 300 three-pointers. A true jack-of-all-trades, Luigi Datome!

Versatility put AX Armani Exchange Milan forward Luigi Datome in the orbit of true EuroLeague superstars, and last season he passed a milestone that belongs to him alone.

Datome set new versatility milestone in 2020-21

On Tuesday morning, 7DAYS EuroCup champ AS Monaco announced the comeback of guard Yakuba Ouattara for next season

AS Monaco brings back Ouattara

Ouattara (1.92 meters, 29 years old) arrives from Betis of Spain, where last season he averaged 9.1 points and 4.1 rebounds in 30 Spanish League games. Ouattara had already played four seasons in Monaco prior, including 7DAYS EuroCup appearances in 2018-19 and 2019-20, but also in 2013-14 with his former team, Chalon. Ouattara is set to make his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut this season.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">✍️ Welcome back 𝗬𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗯𝗮 𝗢𝘂𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮 ! 💣 Le numéro 24 est familier en Principauté : &quot;Yak&quot; a déjà revêtu la tenue 🔴⚪️ à 𝟮𝟬𝟭 reprises ! Un retour aux sources pour notre arrière/ailier (1,92 m, 29 ans) 😍<br>🔙 𝘽𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞 𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 <a href="https://twitter.com/yakubaouattara?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YakubaOuattara</a> 🇲🇨 <a href="https://t.co/EFt5ublERW">pic.twitter.com/EFt5ublERW</a></p>&mdash; AS Monaco Basket (@ASMonaco_Basket) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMonaco_Basket/status/1417364290340851712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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On Tuesday morning, 7DAYS EuroCup champ AS Monaco announced the comeback of guard Yakuba Ouattara for next season.

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LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne continued filling out its roster with the addition of combo guard Chris Jones for next season, the club announced on Tuesday. Jones (1.88 meters, 28 years old) debuted last season in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, coming off the bench to put up 7.0 points, 2.8 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 17:30 minutes averaged over 34 games. He won the Israeli League crown with Maccabi at season's end after putting up 11.8 points per game in domestic play, which has been the norm in his career. Jones turned pro with Starwings Basel of the Swiss League, spent two seasons with Mons-Hainaut of France, and then played one for Bursaspor in Turkey before his year in Tel Aviv. Until last season, he never averaged fewer than 14.0 points in his domestic leagues. Prior to turning pro, Jones played university ball at North Texas and Angelo State.



"We are very happy that Chris made the choice to join us," ASVEL head coach T.J. Parker said. "We have been following him since last year. He is a leader and a floor general, with high-quality passing and a very strong pick-and-roll game. His average points during his season at Bursaspor (15.4) prove that he can score, too, when needed, and that makes him very complete in attack. On defense, he can defend both guard spots."

<div style="display: grid; place-items: center;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">❗ Effectif 2021-2022 👉 Chris JONES à la mène !<br><br>En provenance du Maccabi Tel-Aviv, le meneur de jeu Américain rejoint LDLC ASVEL pour la prochaine saison !<br>✍ <a href="https://t.co/SWezI7Md4B">https://t.co/SWezI7Md4B</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LDLCASVEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LDLCASVEL</a></p>&mdash; LDLC ASVEL (@LDLCASVEL) <a href="https://twitter.com/LDLCASVEL/status/1417393630906572801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

ASVEL puts Jones in backcourt

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