By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
With several BKT EuroCup teams powering up heading to the 2025-26 season, Baxi Manresa welcomed 27-year-old Grant Golden.
Over the last two years, the Richmond product played in Italy and Greece. Inking a one-year contract to move his talents to Manresa presents the opportunity to compete in the second-tier club continental competition of Euroleague Basketball and Spain’s Liga Endesa. In the 2024-25 journey with AEK Betsson, he averaged 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per Basketball Champions League game over 17 appearances, and 7.3 points per contest in Greece’s Stoiximan GBL.
U-BT Cluj-Napoca welcomed 36-year-old Jeffery Taylor. The experienced Swedish forward will continue in the EuroCup, following 22 games played with Wolves Twinsbet over the last two years. As a member of Real Madrid from 2015 to 2022, he logged 202 appearances in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, highlighted by a championship run in the 2017-18 season.
Umana Reyer Venice announced a multi-year deal with 28-year-old Leonardo Candi. The Italian playmaker, a youth product of Fortitudo Bologna, played in 21 7DAYS EuroCup games of the 2017-18 campaign with Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia. Bertram Derthona Tortona was his home for the last three years.
Bahcesehir Koleji confirmed 31-year-old Mateusz Ponitka for the next season. The Polish winger is a veteran of 75 EuroCup games, including 16 with the team based in Istanbul, besides the experience of 145 appearances in the EuroLeague.
Also building up for the future, Cedevita Olimpija secured the services of 17-year-old Cameron Houindo.
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