Darko Talić and DeAndre Gholston new Bosna BH Telecom Players

Bosnia and Herzegovina senior national team point guard Darko Talić will be a member of Bosna BH Telecom for the upcoming season. Talić has been in excellent form recently, scoring 12 points and adding 8 assists with a performance index rating of 20 in Bosnia and Herzegovina's FIBA World Cup Qualifier against Serbia.

Talić was born in Banja Luka on February 23, 1998. He has extensive experience in regional basketball and was a member of Igokea, where he won a total of 11 trophies between 2015 and 2023. He also played for Vogošća and Kakanj during the early years of his senior career. He competed in the ABA League with Borac Čačak during the 2023/24 season. He also played for Sweden's Södertälje in 2024 before returning to his hometown of Banja Luka.

Last season, playing for Borac in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship, he averaged 12.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.0 steals per game. He also represented Borac in the ABA 2 League, where he averaged 11.4 points, 4.2 assists, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per game. He shot 48.5% from two-point range, 36.2% from three-point range, and 81.8% from the free-throw line.

Twenty-six-year-old American DeAndre Gholston is also joining our club for the upcoming season. He was born on July 8, 2000, in Indiana. He stands 196 centimeters tall and weighs 97 kilograms. He played for three NCAA programs. During the 2018/19 season, he played for the Kent State Golden Flashes. From 2019 to 2022, he spent three seasons with the Milwaukee Panthers before transferring to the Missouri Tigers for the following season.

During his NCAA career, he appeared in 103 games, averaging 11.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 1.5 assists while shooting 40.5% from the field. He began his professional career in Europe in 2023 after going undrafted in the NBA Draft. He spent the 2024/25 season with French club ESSM Le Portel, where he averaged 12.0 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game. In the FIBA Europe Cup, he averaged 11.7 points per game.

Last season, he was a member of Cholet Basket in France, where he also competed in the Basketball Champions League. In the Champions League, he averaged 12.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game, while in the French League he posted averages of 10.2 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per game. He is known for his strong play in transition and his ability to create his own shot, while also being capable of playing both guard positions.

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Darko Talić i DeAndre Gholston su novi igrači Bosne BH Telecom

Bosna BH Telecom pojačala je svoje redove Darkom Talićem i DeAndre Gholstonom.

Playmaker seniorske reprezentacije Bosne i Hercegovine Darko Talić će narednu sezonu biti član naše Bosne BH Telecom. Talić je u posljednje vrijeme u odličnoj formi, te je protiv Srbije u utakmici Kvalifikacija za Svjetsko prvenstvo ubacio 12 poena, te dodao 8 asistencija uz valorizaciju od 20 indexnih poena.

Talić je rođen u Banja Luci 23.02.1998. godine. Ima veliko iskustvo u regionalnoj košarci i bio je član Igokee sa kojom je u periodu od 2015. do 2023. godine osvojio ukupno 11 trofeja. Bio je član i Vogošće, te Kaknja u svojim prvim seniorskim sezonama. ABA ligu je igrao za Borac Čačak u sezoni 2023/2024. Također je igrao i za švedski Sodertalje 2024. godine kada je uslijedio povratak u rodnu Banja Luku.

U protekloj sezoni u dresu Borca u Prvenstvu Bosne i Hercegovine je bilježio 12.8 poena u prosjeku, imao 3.7 skokova, te 3.5 asistencija po svakom meču, te 1.0 ukradenih lopti. Za Borac je također nastupao i u ABA 2 ligi gdje je u prosjeku bilježio 11.4 poena, imao je 4.2 asistencije, te 3.2 skoka, te 1.1 ukradenu loptu. Za 2 poena je šutirao 48.5% u prosjeku, dok je za tri poena taj procenat iznosio 36.2%. Sa linije slobodnih bacanja je procenat iznosio 81.8%.

26–godišnji Amerikanac DeAndre Gholston je novi član našeg kluba za narednu sezonu. Rođen je 8. jula 2000. godine u Indiani. Visok je 196 centimetara, a težak 97 kilograma. Nastupao je na tri NCAA programa. U sezoni 2018/2019 je nastupao za Kent State Golden Flashes. Tri sezone od 2019. do 2022. godine je boravio i nastupao za Milwaukee Panthers, da bi narednu sezonu proveo kao član Missouri Tigersa.

Za vrijeme NCAA karijere je odigrao 103 utakmice i bilježio 11.8 poena, 3.4 skoka i 1.5 asistencija uz 40.5 šut iz igre. Od 2023. godine je u Europi i nije izabran na NBA draftu. Sezonu 2024/2025 je proveo u dresu francuskog ESSM Le Portela. Imao je 12.0 poena, 2.6 skokova i 1.5 asistencija. U FIBA Europe Cupu je prosječno bilježio 11.7 poena po svakom meču.

Prošlu sezonu je bio član Choleta u Francuskoj. Nastupao je za Cholet i u Ligi šampiona. U Ligi šampiona mu je prosjek bio 12.0 poena, 2.8 skokova i 1.5 asistencija, dok je u francuskoj ligi imao prosjek od 10.2 poena, 2.1 asistenciju i 1.7 skokova. Krasi ga dobra igra u tranziciji, poznat je i kao igrač koji može samostalno kreirati šut, a sposoban je igrati i obje bekovske pozicije u timu.