Another transfer, the sixth of a foreign player, was announced by AEK. Its player is officially Justin Tillman, with the 27-year-old American playing the ‘4’ and ‘5’ positions joining Hall, McRae, Macklemore, Kuzminskas and Campengele. At the same time, the “Union” has already agreed with Chaison Randle, with the American guard being the seventh foreigner.
THE Tillman last year he played in Zhejiang (China) and since February in Maccabi Haifa (Israel), having impressive scoring statistics. In Israel, he averaged 19.34 points and 26.4 minutes of play! He has also played for Hapoel Asi Gilboa, Hapoel Tel Aviv, while he also played in Turkey, Italy, several G League teams and Puerto Rico.
The announcement:
AEK BC announces that it has signed an agreement with the athlete Justin Tillman (Justin Tillman, 27 years, 2m.03).
The American power forward/center signed a contract through the end of the 2023-2024 season.
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Justin Tillman was born on February 2, 1996, in Detroit. The graduate of VCA college in Virginia began his professional career in 2018, in Korea, specifically in Wonju DB Promy (25.5 ppg, 11.7 rebounds), while he closed the year, competing in the G-League, with the affiliate of Memphis Grizzlies (8.8 ppg, 5.1 rpg).
In the summer of 2019, he played in Israel for one year, averaging 19.8 points, 10.3 rebounds, for Gilboa Galil. In the 2020-2021 season, Tillman passed through Sassari (8.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg), Bursaspor (5.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg), while finishing the season strongly at Hapoel Tel Aviv (m .o. 19.6 points, 9 rebounds). The American returned home for the 2021-2022 season, competing with the Atlanta Hawks’ G-League affiliate, averaging 20.3 points, 10.4 rebounds. He finished the season with the Gigantes de Carolina of Puerto Rico (17.8 ppg, 9.5 rpg). Last season began with him wearing the colors of the Denver Nuggets affiliate (15.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg), followed by the Zhejiang Golden Bulls (9.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg) and ended his career in Hapoel Haifa (19.3 ppg, 6.8 rpg).
Source: Sport Fm
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