Returning to the North: Wayne Langston signed in Upper Galilee | Israel today

After a period of searching for reinforcements Hapoel Galil Alyon announced today (Monday) the signing of Wayne Langston who played for the team in the National League in the 2019/20 season.

Wayne Langston (29, 2.03) played for Galilee in the National League in the 2019/20 season known as the "coronavirus season", under current assistant coach Avishai Gordon.

In 22 games, until the outbreak of the corona virus in Israel, he provided averages of 18.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2 assists in an average of 34 minutes per game.

Even before the Galilee Reds, Langston played for Maccabi Ra'anana in the same league, in which he also impressed, with averages of 17.5 points, 8 rebounds and 2.3 assists.

In Ra'anana he played under coach Barak Peleg.

The player's first stop in Israel was in the 2017-8 season at Hapoel Afula, where he scored 17.7 points and grabbed 10 rebounds per game.

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Langson comes to the Galilee after playing until about a month ago in the Mexican League, where he played a central part in the winning of his team, Avjas de Leon, in the national championship.

During the season in Mexico, he contributed 12.4 points, pulled down 4.9 rebounds and averaged 3 assists per game.

In the past two years, he played in the second division in Italy.

Barak Peleg.

"Wayne arrives very hungry", photo: Oded Karni

The coach of Hapoel Upper Galilee, Barak Peleg, commented on the new acquisition: "I go with my feelings and the confidence in Wayne that he is very hungry to play in the Premier League. I know him well as the one who coached him, as does Avishi who coached him here in the Galilee. He knows the club and that means that his acclimatization will be easy.

"Although he doesn't have the experience in the Premier League, I know he has the wisdom of the game, and he also has the passion to give everything on the field. He really wants to play for me and for the club, and he also brings with him experience which is important for us at this point in time. These things are important To me more than other things. We need this rapid change, and I believe he is the man for this task."

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