Adreian Payne (2.08 m, 30 years old), the 15th pick of the 2014 NBA Draft, will discover a new country. After Turkey in 2020 where he will only have played 5 matches for OGM Ormanspor, the interior had not found any other drop-off points so far, even if Rytas Vilnius had coveted him. It is at Juventus Utena, current third in the Lithuanian championship (with 8 wins and 4 losses) that he will now play.
Before playing in Turkey, Adreian Payne wore the colors of ASVEL in the second part of the 2018-2019 season and then in the 2019-2020 season. He compiled 10.7 points with 50.7% success on shots and 4.2 rebounds in 19 minutes over 28 French and EuroLeague league games in his last season there.
The club had been looking for an experienced interior for a long time: Norbert Giga and Gintautas Matulis are currently injured. Same refrain for Martynas Gecevičius and Jaylin Airington injured during the match against Šiauliai. Former Boulazac player Patrick Miller, the strong man of the team, has been absent for a completely different reason: he is witnessing the birth of his son to his wife.
If Adreian Payne has a hell of a CV and he will benefit from a large salary (between 15,000 and 17,000 dollars per month), his coach Žydrūnas Urbonas does not expect miracles in a row from his player: ” I imagine that only one person who flew to join us will not move mountains in just two or three days. But it is already good, it is a beacon of hope “.
Team manager Eimantas Skersis is on the same page as his coach: “(We) don’t realize that Adreain hasn’t played for a long time, but we don’t need a miracle. have a good team and we want a player like that to make them even better. We think that’s exactly what Adreian is. “
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