Cedevita Olimpija bring in point guard Dominic Artis

Prior to the last few rounds of the regular ABA League season, Cedevita Olimpija strengthened its point guard position with American player Dominic Artis. The latter already has experience with playing in a regional competition as he wore Igokea jersey during the 2017/18 season. The 26-year-old basketball player will remain in Ljubljana until the end of the 2019/20 competitive season.

In the United States, Dominic Artis wore a University of Oregon and Texas jersey in El Paso. He stayed in Oregon for two seasons, spending the last two years of his studies in the UTEP Miners jersey.

After not being picked at the NBA Draft in 2017, in August 2017 Artis signed a contract with the Polish team Czarni Słupsk, where he only stayed until January 2018, when he transferred to Igokea. In the ABA League, Artis averaged 13.3 points, 4.3 assists and 2.8 assists per game, in 23.9 minutes spent on the floor. He also won the Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Igokea in 2018.

He spent the 2018/19 season at Victoria Livertas and then started the 2019/20 season with Dąbrow Górnicz's Polish team. He played in 14 games of the Polish National Championship and averaged 21.6 points, 5.8 assists and 3.8 rebounds in 32.7 minutes per game.

Dominic Artis told as he signed with the Ljubljana squad: “I'm very excited to be here. I'm fully aware, that Cedevita Olimpija is a playoff team already, so I'm really here to contribute the best way that I can. I've already watched the film, on how I can do that defensively, and with my energy and athleticism, also offensively, just being able to space the floor with the catch-and-shot for the players that we already do have. I'm just very happy to be here.”

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Cedevita Olimpija v zaključek Lige ABA z Dominicom Artisom

Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija se je na položaju organizatorja igre okrepil z Američanom Dominicom Artisom, ki bo v Ljubljani ostal do konca tekmovalne sezone 2019/20.

Pred zadnjimi peti koli rednega dela Lige ABA se je Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija na položaju organizatorja igre okrepil z ameriškim košarkarjem Dominicom Artisom. Slednji že ima izkušnje z igranjem v regionalnem tekmovanju, saj je v sezoni 2017/18 nosil dres Igokee. V Ljubljani bo 26-letni košarkar ostal do konca tekmovalne sezone 2019/20.

V Združenih državah Amerike je Dominic Artis nosil dres Univerz Oregon in Teksas v El Pasu. V Oregonu se je zadržal dve sezoni, zadnji dve leti študija pa je nato preživel v dresu UTEP Minersov.

Po tem, ko leta 2017 ni bil izbran na naboru Lige NBA, je v avgustu 2017 Artis podpisal pogodbo s poljsko ekipo Czarni Słupsk, kjer pa se je zadržal le do januarja 2018, ko je prestopil v vrste Igokee. V Ligi ABA je Artis v povprečju beležil 13,3 točke, 4,3 podaje in 2,8 skoka na tekmo, v 23,9 minutah, ki jih je preživel na parketu. Leta 2018 je z Igokeo osvojil tudi naslov pokalnega prvaka Bosne in Hercegovine.

Sezono 2018/19 je preživel v Victorii Livertas, nato pa sezono 2019/20 začel v poljski ekipi Dąbrowa Górnicza. Zaigral je na 14 tekmah poljskega državnega prvenstva in v povprečju dosegal 21,6 točke, 5,8 podaje in 3,8 skoka v 32,7 minutah na tekmo. Artis v Slovenijo prihaja kot najboljši strelec poljskega državnega prvenstva.

Dominic Artis je ob dogovoru z Ljubljančani dejal: "Zelo vesel sem, da sem v Ljubljani. Zavedam se, da ima Cedevita Olimpija že zdaj moštvo, ki konkurira za preboj v končnico Lige ABA, tu pa sem, da po svojih najboljših močeh prispevam k skupnemu uspehu. Pogledal sem že nekaj posnetkov tekem, zato se zavedam, kako lahko s svojo igro v napadu in obrambi, ter s svojo energijo in fizičnimi sposobnostmi pomagam svojim soigralcem. Resnično sem vesel, da sem tu."