Givova Scafati, the made in USA winger Stewart arrives

The Givova Scafati scores a brand new “stars and stripes” coup with the signature of Elijah StewartAmerican small ahead, high scorer within the newest Israeli Serie A. A small ahead with huge expertise and physicality, Elijah is the right “match” for coach Marcelo Nicola’s chessboard: a flexible athlete, a high-level defender, a superb 3-point shot in addition to an distinctive means to learn the sport and assault the rim in 1vs1 that completes the yellow-blue exterior division.

Stewart was born in 1995 in DeRidder, Louisiana, and took his first actual steps into the world of spigot ball at Westchester Excessive College. In 2014 he selected the College of Southern California in Los Angeles, the place he performed for the subsequent 4 seasons (NCAA Division I) with the USC Trojans, averaging over 10 factors per recreation within the 138 video games performed (83 gained and 55 misplaced). . Not chosen within the 2018 NBA Draft, in the identical 12 months he discovered himself taking part in for 3 completely different groups within the G-League (Indiana Mad Ants, Wisconsin Herd and Stockton Kings) earlier than arriving in Europe. In the summertime of 2019 he landed in Helsinki, gained the Finnish Cup with the Seagulls and ended the 12 months with 18 factors, 5 rebounds and 1.5 assists on common. After a greater than constructive parenthesis in Poland at Śląsk Wrocław, he additional improved figures and percentages in Romania (all the time over 15 factors on common and 40% from a spread of 6.75), the place, due to a document of 33 victories and solely 2 defeats between Common Season and Playoffs, wins the Scudetto with Cluj Napoca. In the identical season he performed within the Basketball Champions League and in his “first” on a global stage he was awarded within the “Second Finest Workforce” of your entire event. He arrived in Italy the next 12 months, just below 30 kilometers from the Beta Ricambi Enviornment – PalaMangano, sporting the blue Ge.Vi shirt. Naples. On the foot of Vesuvius he experiences ups and downs, however on the finish of the season (4 wins within the final 6) he takes over and leads the Neapolitans to security with 17.2 factors on common within the closing month of the 2022/23 LBA alone. He spent his final 12 months in Israel at Hapoel Eliat, a workforce that made Elijah its guiding gentle: on 17 events (in 29 official matches) he scored over 20 factors and have become the highest scorer (20.6 common) of the “Israeli Basketball Premier League” and, on the similar time, he closed a championship for the primary time in his profession with over 2 assists per lace-up.

Assertion from the top coach, Marcelo Nicola: «We’re thrilled to announce the signing of a participant of the caliber of Elijah Stewart, a small ahead with an necessary previous in Europe and Italy. We’re speaking a couple of profile that we have now been following rigorously because the starting of the market and which completely enhances our exterior division. Let’s add one other ingredient able to being decisive in key moments of the match, Elijah might be one among our most important targets.”

Athlete’s assertion, Elijah Stewart: «After a 12 months I’m completely happy to return to Southern Italy and embark on this thrilling journey with my new membership. I’m a ‘man of the individuals’, I am unable to wait to satisfy the followers and expertise the electrifying environment that reigns in Scafati, a metropolis I’ve heard a lot about. The workforce is unbelievable and guarantees to entertain each the followers and us gamers ourselves. The mixture of expertise and expertise is actually spectacular. I’m very optimistic concerning the subsequent season and I hope that my pleasure combined with the need to do properly may be an instance to observe for everybody”.