By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The London Lions are building a solid roster that can give them more than a chance to make it to the Basketball Champions League regular season via the qualifiers and former NBA player Byron Mullens is their latest addition.
Per club announcement: The London Lions have revealed 7’0” British forward, Byron Mullens will join their squad ahead of this season’s tilt at the Basketball Champions League.
The NBA first-round draft pick in 2009 was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder at No; 24 and is a 7 year NBA veteran. With his mother being British, Mullens was close to playing for GB in 2012 but circumstances prevented that.
The sharpshooting power forward has since played in the NBA G-League, averaging 20 points and 11 boards in 2018 before stints in Japan and Korea.
Mullens was very excited at this opportunity in England, “I am truly thankful and blessed to have this opportunity to represent the London Lions. I really want to help a British team do well in Europe, I’m looking forward to giving my all to the organization and to our fans.
Lions Head Coach, Vince Macaulay added, “Byron is the last piece of the jigsaw, he is big, has vast experience, shoots the ball so so well from distance and has played over 60 games alongside Deandre Liggins in the G-League, we wanted very good players here in London but more than that we wanted good people. The work has started now, we are all chomping at the bit to put our style of basketball on the floor in every single game we play this season.”