AEK announced McRae’s announcement

His “bombshell” takes official form Jordan McRae from AEK. The American guard/forward responded positively to the “Union’s” proposal and KAE announced the announcement of the deal with a tweet.

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— AEK BC (@aekbcgr) July 14, 2023

The 32-year-old ace, who competes in positions “2” and “3”, noted for his scoring ability and has a rich resume. Drafted 58th overall in 2014, he played four seasons and a total of 125 games in the NBA with the Suns, Cavaliers, Wizards, Nuggets and Pistons, while in 2016 he was part of Cleveland’s championship team that made two playoff appearances. . At the same time, he has quite a large presence in the G League and in fact in 2016 he was selected as an All Star, while in 2019 he was a member of the best five and the top scorer.

In 2017/18 he had a short stint with Baskonia, last year he played in China, last year in the French Metropolitan, while this year in Hapoel Tel Aviv, with which he was selected in the second best five of the championship. With the Israeli team, he had an excellent presence in the Eurocup, scoring in 19 appearances 15.3 points (80.9% shooting, 53.2% two-pointers, 32% three-pointers), 2.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.5 turnovers in 27:03 on average, with his team reaching the quarterfinals. There he was eliminated by Badalona with 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.

In the Israeli league he had 16 points (with 39.8% on three-pointers), 2.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 29.3 minutes. He reached the league finals where he lost 2-1 to Maccabi Tel Aviv, averaging 17.1 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 29 minutes per game. Maccabi also lost in the final of the League Cup with 88-84 in overtime and McRae had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.