His first transfer this year Amarousiou for the next season it is the Elvar Fridriksson. His former guard PAOK will remain in our country to compete in the Northern Suburbs team, as she announced herself.
The international Icelander had an excellent season with the Thessalonians, averaging 11.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6 assists in 31 minutes of participation in the Stoiximan Basket League, while in the Basketball Champions League he averaged 11.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 30 minutes of participation. .
The announcement in detail:
“KAE GS AMAROUSIOU 1896 announces its first transfer ahead of the new season. It acquired the international Icelandic guard Elvar Fridrikkson, who in the season that ended made great appearances with the PAOK shirt.
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Elvar Mar Fridrikkson was born on November 11, 1994, he is 1.83m tall and plays as a playmaker. His father was an international player as well as a basketball coach and naturally influenced him in his early steps. He started playing in Njarovik and before he turned 18, he was among the top five Icelanders in his country’s league for two straight seasons (averaging 21.5 points and 7.2 assists in 2013-14). Moved to the US to combine basketball and studies. He played one year at Long Island University and the remaining three (2015-18) at Barry. He graduated in 2018 with 20 points and 7.3 assists per game.
His return to Europe brought him first to France’s Denain Voltaire before returning to Njarovik (2018-19) finishing the year with 23.1 points and 5.3 assists. In the 2019-20 season, he won the Swedish championship with Boras Basket and he emerged as the league’s top guard with an average of 16.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 7.7 assists. He was acquired by the Lithuanian Siauliai (average of 15.6 points, 3 rebounds and 7.7 assists in 35 games) and was even named MVP. The following season he played in Antwerp, Belgium, with which he participated in the Eurocup (12.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 6.8 assists) and continued in the Italian Tortona. He continued with Rytas Vilnius where in 42 league games he averaged 8.9 points, 1.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists, while in the Basketball Champions League he averaged 11.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 15 games.
Last year he was the cornerstone of PAOK’s run to the play offs with an average of 11.81 points and 5.9 assists in 27 games. In fact, in the away victory of the “doubleheader” against Galatasaray that took place on October 18, 2023 for the 1st matchday of the Basketball Champions League, he scored a great triple-double with 19 points (4/8 two-pointers, 2/5 three-pointers, 5/8 shots), 11 rebounds and 10 assists in 34 minutes.
He is an international player with the Iceland National Basketball Team, while in 2021 and 2022 he was named the best Icelandic basketball player.
Elvar, welcome to the Amarousi family.”
Source: Sport Fm
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