As first reported in "Israel Today", Kerry Belkshire today (Tuesday) officially signed for one season at Glatsray.
Belkshire (24, 2.08 m) excelled last season in the Hapoel Gilboa / Galil uniform and averaged an impressive 14.8 points (41.7 percent for 3), 7.9 rebounds and 19.9 index points per game all the way to the playoff final series against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
More than a month ago, contacts began between the young forward and the Turkish team, but in the middle, Hapoel Jerusalem came into the picture and was close to joining the player.
According to sources, it was Hapoel Gilboa / Galil to which the player belonged, which made it difficult for him to move to another team in Israel, and preferred him to move to Turkey.
Balkashir joins an impressive line-up of players who have progressed this summer from Magen Ner to large teams - Yiftach Ziv to Maccabi Tel Aviv, Jahiba Floyd to Panathinaikos, Joe Thomson to Manresa and Amit Gershon to Hapoel Jerusalem.