Important move for the Carditsaas he acquired him Langston Hall. The 33-year-old playmaker has rich experience in the Greek league, as he has played in Kolossos, Promethea and AEK, while he has also played at Euroleague level. With the “Union” he averaged 3.3 points, 4.1 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 1 steal in 19.2 minutes.
The announcement:
“AS Karditsas JAPONIKI announces the addition of Langston Hall to the roster of the men’s team.
The American athlete with a height of 1.93 m competes as a point guard, with a long career in Greece but also at the top level of Europe. He comes to give experience and talent to the peripheral line of the team and to be, together with Nikos Diplaros, the two playmakers of the team.
He was born on November 1, 1991 in Atlanta and after his high school career, he joined Mercer’s college program. He played four years in the NCAA, playing in 138 games (134 as a starter) averaging 11.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.3 steals. In his last year in college (2013-14), which he finished with many individual awards, he had 14.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.4 steals in 36 games.
He signed his first professional contract in 2014 with Pistoia in Italy, followed by Cantu in Italy and Bonn in Germany the following season. In 2016 he came to Greece for the first time for Colossos Rhodes, with whom he competed in the 2016-17 season. The beginning of the next season found him in Tsibona, but in October he switched to Prometheus Patras, reaching the finals of the championship and the “8” of the Champions League in 2019. He also competed with the Patras team in the 2019-2020 season with great success, as Prometheus reached the final of the Greek Cup and the “16” of the Eurocup. Langston Hall’s performances earned him a contract with Red Star Belgrade, with whom he played the 2020-21 season in the league and Euroleague, winning both the Serbian league and the Adriatic League title. In the next two seasons (2021-2023), he was in Turkey with BahçeÅŸehir, with whom he won the FIBA ​​Europe Cup in 2022. Last season, he returned to Greece with AEK, where he played in the championship and the Champions League .
Hall is a very important addition to our team, as in addition to his given playing quality, he comes to add his performances from the top European leagues, but also the experience of four seasons in the Basket League.
We welcome Langston to AS Karditsas JAPONIKI and wish him health, strength and success with our team.”
Source: Sport Fm
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