In his first summer addition, the PAOK.
The “two-headed man of the north” announced the agreement with Frank Bartleyfor the 2024/25 season.
Last year, the 25-year-old guard played in Italy and the Brindisi, in which he averaged 12.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists. In fact, a year earlier the American had emerged as the top scorer of the championship of the neighboring country, with its jersey Grind.
The announcement of the OEM:
“KAE PAOK mateco announces the agreement with American basketball player Frank Bartley for the 2024-25 season. The top scorer of the Italian league in the 2022-23 season, is the first player to be added to the roster of the new PAOK team!
We welcome Frank Bartley to the PAOK family!
Frank Bartley was born on February 25, 1994 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he is 1.91m tall and plays as a guard. During his college career he played two years at Brigham Young University (2013-15) and another two seasons with Louisiana-Lafayette (2016-18). In his final year in the NCAA, he averaged 17.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2 assists in 33 games with Louisiana-Lafayette.
He started his professional career in Canada and in the 2018-19 season, in 39 games with the Saint John Riptide he had 19.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
In the 2019-20 season he came to Europe for the first time and played in A2 Spain with Real Valladolid and in 24 games he had 16.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists, while the following year (2020-21) he played in Germany. With the
Bayreuth played in 31 German league games, averaging 14.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, before moving to Denmark the following year. He played a single game with the Bakken Bears and moved on to Israel, where he finished the season (2021-22) and in 27 games averaged 16.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists with Ness Ziona.
In the 2022-23 season, he played in Italy and with Pallacanestro Trieste, he became the top scorer of the Italian league, as in 29 games, he averaged 19.5 points! He also added 4.8 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and after completing his duties in Italy, he also played 17 games in China, where with the Qingdao Eagles, he averaged 8.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1 ,8 assists
During last season Frank Bartley played for Happy Casa Brindisi and in 16 games of the Italian league he averaged 12.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists».
Source: Sport Fm
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