Brynton Lemar joined Cedevita Olimpija

Cedevita Olimpija strengthened its backcourt with 29-year-old 191 cm tall Brynton Lemar, that has citizenships of both USA and Jamaica. Lemar spent the 2023/24 season at Hapoel Jerusalem, where he represented the colours of his club in Israeli National Championship and Basketball Champions League.

“I am very satisfied to have joined the team and this organization and at the same time I’m happy to be here. I cannot wait to play in the AdmiralBet ABA League and BKT EuroCup and I will do my best to help the team to win as many games as possible. Our goal is to be competitive in all of the competitions where we will participate and win as many games as possible. I am glad and thankful for the opportunity, that Cedevita Olimpija has given me. I believe that an excellent season is ahead of us,” Brynton Lemar told as he signed with Cedevita Olimpija.

After four games of college basketball at UC Davis, Brynton Lemar has , after he hasn’t been selected at the NBA Draft, presented himself on European courts for the first time in the 2017/18 season, when he played for Nancy and Caen. Later he moved to Sopron, Start Lublin, while in the 2020/21 season he used to play for Gaziantep and Reggiana. In the August 2021, he signed with Enisey, from where he moved to Le Mans. In 2023 he joined AEK Athens, while last summer he became a member of Hapoel Jerusalem.

In the 2023/24 season he has been averaging 7.7 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game last season in the Basketball Champions League in the Hapoel jersey.

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Brynton Lemar se je pridružil Cedevita Olimpiji

V dresu članske zasedbe Cedevite Olimpije bomo v prihajajoči tekmovalni sezoni lahko spremljali 29-letnega Bryntona Jevona Lemarja, ki je v sezoni, ki je za nami, nosil dres Hapoela Jerusalem. Z ljubljanskim klubom je Lemar podpisal pogodbo do zaključka sezone 2024/25.

Cedevita Olimpija se je na zunanjih igralnih položajih okrepila z 29-letnim in 191 centimetrom visokim Bryntonom Lemarjem, ki ima potni list Združenih držav Amerike in Jamajke. V sezoni 2023/24 je Lemar nastopal v dresu Hapoela Jerusalema, ki se je predstavljal v izraelski ligi in v Košarkarski Ligi prvakov.

“Zelo sem navdušen, da sem se pridružil ekipi in tej organizaciji, in hkrati zelo vesel, da sem tukaj. Komaj čakam nastope v Ligi ABA in EuroCupu, in dal bom vse od sebe, da pomagam ekipi in pomagam zmagati na čim več tekmah. Naš cilj je biti zelo konkurenčen v vseh tekmovanjih, v katerih bomo nastopali, in zmagati na čim več tekmah. Zelo sem navdušen in hvaležen za priložnost, ki mi jo je dala Cedevita Olimpija. Verjamem, da je pred nami odlična sezona,” je ob podpisu pogodbe s Cedevito Olimpijo povedal Brynton Lemar.

Po štirih letih igranja univerzitetne košarke v dresu UC Davis, se je Brynton Lemar, po tem, ko leta 2017 ni bil izbran na naboru Lige NBA, evropski košarki prvič predstavil v sezoni 2017/18, ki jo je začel v dresu Nancyja, zaključil pa v Caenu. Sledila je selitev v Soproni, Start Lublin, v sezoni 2020/21 pa je nosil dresa Gaziantepa in Reggiane. Avgusta 2021 se je pridružil Eniseyu, sledila pa je selitev v Le Mans. Februarja 2023 se je pridružil AEK-ju, lansko poletje pa se je pridružil Hapoelu Jerusalem.

V sezoni 2023/24 je zaigral na 13 tekmah rednega dela izraelske lige in v povprečju dosegal 11,2 točki, 2,5 skoka in 1,2 asistenci na obračun.

Lemar ima izkušnje z nastopanjem v mednarodnih tekmovanjih, saj je zaigral v Fibinem Evropskem pokalu in Košarkarski ligi prvakov. V slednji je v dresu AEK-ja zaigral na šestih tekmah in beležil 15,7 točke ter 2,7 skoka in 2,0 asistence, v dresu Hapoela pa na 12 tekmah v povprečju dosegal 7,7 točke, 1,8 skoka in 1,4 asistence.