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Rolands Smits signs 5-year contract with Barcelona

BC, Riga, 19.09.2017.Print version

Latvian national basketball team's power forward Rolands Smits signed a five-year deal with the Spanish ACB League club Barcelona Lassa on Monday, informs LETA.

 

The 22-year-old Smits is expected to play for Fuenlabrada Montakit next season, and to arrive in Barcelona in 2018.

 

Another Latvian basketball player, Rodions Kurucs is also to join Barcelona Lassa this year.

 

Smits has played in the Madrid-based club's system since 2011 and made his ACB League debut in 2013.

 

Smits was part of the Latvian national team at EuroBasket 2017, while this past spring he received the EuroCup Rising Star award.

 

Smits averaged 9.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists in the last ULEB Europe Cup season. In ACB League matches, Smits averaged 7.5 points and 3.9 points.





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