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Former Maryland basketball player Dez Wells has signed a one-year deal with Tiger Tubingen in Germany, the team announced on Twitter. He will play in the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) along with former Terp Evan Smotrycz, who signed a one-year deal with Eisbären Bremerhaven. The two will play against each other on September 24.
Welcome to the Tigers, @Dez32Wells! Der Guard kommt aus der NBA D-League von den @okcblue nach Tübingen! #gotoguy pic.twitter.com/ttQSkHntVu
— WALTER Tigers (@WalterTigers) July 24, 2016
Wells started all seven summer league games he played in, averaging 4.4 points and 1.9 rebounds in 18 minutes per game. He went on to win the Las Vegas summer league title. Last season he played for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s D-League affiliate Oklahoma City Blue, where he averaged 12.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 29 minutes per game.
Smotrycz scored 4 points in 12 minutes across two games in summer league for the Toronto Raptors. He spent last season playing for Keravnos in Cyprus in the same league as another former Terrapin, Richaud Pack.
Nächster Neuzugang für die Eisbären: Evan Smotrycz komplettiert
— Eisbären Bremerhaven (@Die_Eisbaeren) July 26, 2016
Bremerhavener Frontcourt. Welcome to Germany, @_es1! pic.twitter.com/2sbVhPMOGK