Brady Skeens reinforced Krka
American center, 29-years old Brady Skeens is the new member of Krka Novo mesto.
Dejan Jakara (Photo: ABA League j.t.d./Dragana Stjepanovic)
Krka have reinforced their ranks by adding American big man Brady Skeens to their squad.
“I have decided to move to Krka, because I got a good chance to play at the high competitive level, both in the AdmiralBet ABA League, and in the Slovenian National Championship. I will play each game in the Krka jersey as if it were my last. I will do everything I can in order to help the team in the best possible way. I cannot wait to meet the fans. I am looking forward to the games in Novo mesto,” the 203 cm tall Brady Skeens looks forward to playing for the squad of Novo mesto.
Brady is famous as a great rebounder, and his new club sees a modern, highly energetic, center.
Brady has been born in 1995 in Lexena in Kansas. He graduated at the Washburn University, and later played in Canada for Sudbury Five and Edmonton Stingers, Tampereen Pyrintö, Elitzur Netanya, Kocaeli BSB and U.C.C. Piacenza. He appeared in 36 Serie A2 games last season, having averaged 10.5 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
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Brady Skeens okrepil Krko
Ameriški center, 29-letni Brady Skeens je novi član novomeške Krke.
“Za prihod v Krko sem se odločil, ker sem dobil dobro priložnost za igranje na visoki tekmovalni ravni: tako v AdmiralBet Ligi ABA kot v slovenskem državnem prvenstvu. Vsako tekmo tekmo v dresu Krke bom odigral tako, kot da je moja zadnja. Dal bom vse od sebe in naredil vse, kar je v moji moči, da ekipi pomagam. Komaj čakam, da spoznam navijače. Veselih se tekem v Novem mestu,“ se prihoda v Novo mesto veseli 203 centimetre visoki Brady Skeens. Brady je izvrsten skakalec, sicer pa moderni center, t.i. „petica“ z veliko energije.
Brady je bil rojen leta 1995 v mestu Lenexa v zvezni državi Kansas. Šolal se je na univerzi Washburn, kjer je med letoma 2014 in 2018 odigral 102 tekmi za tamkajšnjo študentsko ekipo. Po odhodu iz ZDA je igral v Kanadi (za ekipi Sudbury Five in Edmonton Stingers), na Finskem (Tampereen Pyrintö), Izraelu (Elitzur Netanya), Turčiji (Kocaeli BSB) in Italiji, kjer je zadnji dve sezoni nosil dres ekipe U.C.C. Piacenza. V Serie A2 je v Italiji v minuli sezoni odigral 36 tekem, v 32 minutah na srečanje je 10.5 točkam dodal še 10.3 skoka in 2.1 podaji.
