JL Bourg begins to look more like JDA Dijon. After having brought Axel Julien in his suitcases, Laurent Legname convinced Rasheed Sulaimon (1.94 m, 27 years old) to join the Bressan club. The duration of the contract was not disclosed, however.
He is back in France with the Red and White jersey: Rasheed Sulaimon signs at JL for next season!
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— JL Bourg Basket (@JLBourgBasket) July 1, 2021
Player of Zaragoza (Liga ACB) during the past season (8 points, 2 rebounds, 2.2 assists in 21 minutes on average for 28 league games), he won the bronze medal in the Basketball Champions League against SIG Strasbourg (9.5 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists in 23 minutes on average for 13 games played).
In Bourg, the American-Nigerian full-back finds Legname and Julien whom he worked with in Côte d’Or for two seasons (2017 / 18-2019 / 20) and also won the Leaders Cup 2020 where he was also MVP of the final against ASVEL. Without forgetting that he will again play with Maxime Ross, whom he met at Levallois in 2018/19.
Legname – Sulaimon, the reunion
(photo : GPJ)
Good news never comes alone: Eric Mika will join JL Bourg next season!
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— JL Bourg Basket (@JLBourgBasket) July 1, 2021
In the process, JL Bourg also formalized the arrival of the American pivot Eric Mika (2.08 m, 26 years old), from Partizan Belgrade, as announced on our site this afternoon. To learn more about Ekinox’s future big man, we contacted a Serbian journalist specializing in Partizan. For an opinion finally rather moderately encouraging.
“There (Eric Mika) couldn’t do much with Coach Scepanovic when the team was playing run and gun. He improved a lot when coach Filipovski arrived, because he was forcing the game more at the pivot position. Mika had good stats, isn’t bad on mid-range shooting. However, he had a lot of difficulty in defense. But he had two really different seasons with the two coaches. He’s a limited player who can probably be a back-up to the pivot position in EuroCup. “
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