Sestina is officially in Fenerbahce

His acquisition Nate Sestina announced the Fenerbahce.

The 26-year-old American signed a contract 1+1 timemaking the step-up in his career by moving to the Euroleague.

Sestina competed last year in Turk Telecomwith which he terminated the cooperation from June 21.

The resume of Sestina, as published by Fenerbahce in its announcement:

“Born on May 12, 1997, in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, wore Bucknell (2015-2019) and Kentucky (2019-20) jerseys during his studies.

Played with the Long Island Nets of the G-League in the 2020–21 season. Our player played in 15 games in this tournament and averaged 7.7 points and 2.7 rebounds. Transferred to Israel’s Hapoel Holon in March 2021, where he averaged 10.4 points and 3.6 rebounds in the Israeli league, where he played 14 games.

Having experienced the NBA Summer League with the Utah Jazz in the summer of 2021, Sestina spent the 2021-22 season at Merkezefendi Denizli Basket in our country. While playing in all 30 of our league games, our athlete averaged 9.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists while shooting 45.5% from three.

In the summer of 2022, he once again appeared in the NBA Summer League with the Sacramento Kings and most recently played in both the league and the EuroCup for Turk Telekom. The successful forward played in 22 EuroCup games with 10.4 points (37.2% three-pointers, 55.9% two-pointers, 84.4% free throws), 4.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists.

He posted 10.8 points (44.5% three-pointers, 58.4% two-pointers, 77.4% free throws), 3.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists in the Turkish Insurance Basketball Super League, where he played in 36 games.

We hope this deal is beneficial for our club and Nate Sestina and we wish our player to experience seasons full of victories under the yellow and blue jersey.”