Corey Walden pens deal with Partizan NIS

Wednesday, 24. July 2019 at 10:09

The MVP of the Israeli Championship is coming to ABA League!

Partizan NIS team (Photo: Partizan NIS)

Partizan NIS made another move on the summer transfer market. The black & whites announced that they have signed a contract with American combo guard Corey Walden.

Walden spent the previous two years in Israel playing for Hapoel Holon, with whom he won the 2018 Israeli Cup. He was named the MVP of the Israeli Championship in the 2018/19 season in which he averaged 18.4 points, 5 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game.

Before coming to Israel in 2017, this 26-year old player spent one season in Telenet Oostende with whom he won the Belgian Championship and the Belgian Cup.

During his college career, Corey Walden played for the Stetson University and for the Eastern Kentucky University where he averaged 18.6 points, 4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per match. After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft, he played four preseason games for the Boston Celtics, while he then moved to the NBA G-League side Maine Red Claws who are affiliated with the Boston Celtics. Walden spent the entire 2015/16 season with the Maine Red Claws before moving to Europe.

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Novo pojačanje Partizana NIS: Kori Valden

MVP šampionata Izraela za snažniju spoljnu liniju crno-belih.

Kori Valden, američki košarkaš koji igra na pozicijama plejmejkera i beka, novo je pojačanje Partizana NIS. U protekle dve sezone, 188 centimetara visoki Valden je branio boje izraelskog tima Hapoel Holon, u čijem dresu je ove godine stigao do priznanja za najkorisnijeg igrača šampionata te zemlje.

Na 35 utakmica u izraelskoj ligi, Valden je prosečno postizao 18,4 poena uz 5 asistencija i 3,6 skokova.

Pre dolaska u Izrael, Valden je jednu sezonu proveo u Ostendeu, sa kojim je 2017. godine osvojio prvenstvo i kup Belgije. Godinu dana ranije, Valden je igrao u NBA G ligi za razvojni tim Boston Seltiksa, a nastupao je i za čuvene Seltikse u NBA Letnjoj ligi 2015. i 2016. godine.

Tokom koledž karijere, Kori Valden je igrao za Stetson i Istern Kentaki u čijem dresu je tokom seniorske sezone beležio 18,6 poena, 4 skoka i 3,8 asistencija po meču.

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