From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Sat Jul 18 2009 - 17:46:31 EDT
Olympiacos inks Thomas Kelati
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ynmrxBN7U
Olympiacos reached an agreement with small forward Thomas Kelati, who
inked a two-year deal with his new club on Saturday. Kelati (195, 26)
arrives from Unicaja, where he averaged 11.8 points in 16 Euroleague
games last season, his first in Europe's signature club competition. He
boosted his scoring average to 15.5 points in 2 games against the Reds.
Kelati matched the most three-pointers made in a single Euroleague game
all decade when he downed 9 shots from downtown in a home win against
Lottomatica Roma. Kelati previously played for Turow Zgorzelec, where he
averaged 14.8 points and 3.2 rebounds in 15 ULEB Cup games in the
2007-08 season. Kelati helped Turow to make it all the way to the ULEB
Cup Final Eight, losing in the quarterfinals against Dynamo Moscow.
In his two seasons in Zgorzelec, Kelati also reached consecutive Polish
League finals, losing twice against Prokom Trefl Sopot. Kelati has also
played for Dexia Mons-Hainaut in Belgium since finishing his four-year
college career at the Washington State University (NCAA). He averaged
14.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in his senior season with the Cougars.
Kelati is the only professional basketball player with Eritrean roots.
Read also:
Thomas Kelati succesful in Europe
http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/2008/04/thomas-kelati-succes
ful-in-europe.html
http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/55238/180/olympiacos-inks-thomas-kelati
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