Another transfer announced Maroussi. The team from the northern suburbs acquired the talented scorer Marcus Kin (29, 1.75m.), who will arrive in Athens on Wednesday (06/11) to be integrated into his Ilias Zouro.
This is a player with a lot of experience on European pitches and scoring appeal. During his career, he has emerged as its leading scorer FIBA Asia Champions Cup (2018) and her VTB United League (2021), and at the same time it has been included in the best five of that last one.
He was also its top scorer Italian league (2022), won the Estonian cup (2020) and the Latvian-Estonian championship (2021). As a college player, he was his leading scorer NCAA the 2017. In Maroussi, he is expected to replace him Jonathan Stowewho has not lived up to expectations and will probably leave.
The announcement in detail:
“KAE GS AMAROUSIOU 1896 announces the acquisition of the guard Marcus Johnny Rashaan Keene (29, 1.75). The player is expected in Athens on Wednesday to get into the team’s program with his new teammates. His last team was the Chinese “Beijing Ducks”.
Marcus was born on May 6, 1995 in a military hospital Germanywhere his parents served in the Air Force.
From a young age he was a gifted scorer and as such distinguished himself wherever he played. He graduated from Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, Texas, having scored over 1,600 points as the school’s all-time leading scorer.
He got a scholarship to Youngstown State where he played one year. He transferred to Central Michigan and due to regulations began playing in the 2016-17 season. On January 21, 2017, Keene scored 50 points against him Miami (Ohio), with 10 three-pointers. On February 9, he was a top-20 finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, given annually to the nation’s best player. Keene finished the 2016–17 season averaging 30 points per game and had all the top networks in the country talking about his performance.
He started his professional career in the 2017-18 season from the Italian side Cagliari Dinamo Academy (A2 of Italy). He continued in Asia with Mono Vampire (Thailand) and switched to the Memphis Hustle of the D-League. Returned to Asia for KCC Egis (Korea), Formosa Dreamers and Yulon Luxgen Dinos (Taiwan). He returned to Europe to compete in Estonia Kalev/CramoSlovenia’s Cedevita Olimpija, Italy’s Varese, France’s SIG Strasbourg and Ukraine’s Prometey before moving to China for the Beijing Ducks.
The Associated Press named him an All-American (2017) as he was its leading scorer NCAA. He emerged as the top scorer of the FIBA ​​Asia Champions Cup (2018), of VTB United League (2021) and at the same time was included in the best five of that season while also competing in VTB League All-Star game. He was the top scorer of the Italian league (2022), won the Estonian cup (2020), the Latvian-Estonian championship (2021) NCAA scoring champion (2017).
Marcus, welcome to his family Amarousiou».
Source: Sport Fm
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