Bnei Herzliya announced this evening (Sunday) the signing of American-Puerto Rican guard Stevie Thompson Jr. (25 years old, 1.93) on a contract for a month and a half with the team's option to extend until the end of the season.
Thompson joins the team ahead of the start of the second round in the group stage of the Champions League and will also help the team in the Israeli league due to the injury of Quinton Hawker who is not yet fit to return and after Briante Weber's contract ended and the team chose not to extend the contract with him.
Thompson Jr. is the son of former player Stevie Thompson who played for Hapoel Emek Jezreel in the 1995/96 season.
Thompson is a graduate of Oregon State University, in his last year he averaged 16 points and 3.2 assists per game.
Last season he played for Reggio Emilia, with which he reached the finals of the Eurocup and the quarterfinals of the Italian playoffs, scoring 8.1 points per game in the Italian league (39.8% for 3s).
Thompson is part of the Poro Rico team which is fighting for the ticket to the World Championship.
In the last window he helped the team achieve two victories against Colombia and Uruguay when he recorded 17 points, 5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in an average of 22.5 minutes per game in both games.
The team's coach, Oren Aharoni: "We are heading for a busy period and we decided to strengthen ourselves and add another guard since we have already been hit quite a bit by player injuries this year and we also wanted to give the team the best chances to pass a stage in the Champions League. Stevie is a talented player that we have been impressed by in Italy for the past two years and shows consistent progress He can play in several positions, a smart and intelligent player who we hope will be able to fit in quickly and help us."
were we wrong
We will fix it!
If you found an error in the article, we would appreciate it if you shared it with us