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Strelnieks joins German basketball club ''Brose Baskets''

BC, Riga, 29.07.2014.Print version

Latvian national team point-guard Janis Strelnieks has signed a one-year deal with German basketball club Bamberg Brose Baskets, the player's agent Arturs Kalnitis informed, informs LETA.


Brose Baskets, one of Germany's top basketball clubs, will be playing in the ULEB Eurocup competition next season.


Last season, Strelnieks played for Ukrainian club Kiev Budivelnik, which won the Ukrainian league title.


In the Ukrainian league last season, Strelnieks averaged 11.5 points and 5.1 assists per game, but in 10 ULEB Euroleague matches, the Latvian point-guard averaged 7.9 points and 2.6 assists per game.


At the moment, the 24-year-old Strelnieks is with the Latvian national men's basketball team, preparing for next months qualification campaign for the 2015 European Men's Basketball Championships.


Strelnieks has played for the Latvian team at the 2011 and 2013 European Championships.





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