Virtus Bologna officially add Jordan Mickey as their first offseason signing / News - Basketnews.com

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Virtus Segafredo Bologna have officially announced their first signing of the 2022 offseason.

Jordan Mickey

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Jordan Mickey has joined the Italian club on a one-year deal to become the club's opening signing ahead of the return campaign to the EuroLeague.

Last season, the American forward-center played for Zenit Saint Petersburg where he averaged 10.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 0.9 blocks for 10.1 PIR in the EuroLeague for the club. He won the VTB League, where he was the Finals MVP also Defender of the Year.

The year before, Mickey played for Khimki Moscow Region, his first-ever team in Europe (2018-19) and averaged 15.6 points and 5.8 rebounds for 16.5 PIR in the 2020-21 EuroLeague season.

Jordan Mickey was born in Dallas on July 9, 1994. He arrived in the NBA wearing the Boston Celtics jersey from 2015 to 2017 and the Miami Heat in the 2017-18 season.

After winning the EuroCup last year, Virtus are coming back to the EuroLeague after a 14-year break. The last time the Italian team participated in the grandest stage of European basketball was during the 2007-08 season when the club finished the regular season with only 2 wins and 12 losses.

Unfortunately for the club, Virtus did not manage to capture the third Italian Basketball League (LBA) trophy in a row, losing to AX Armani Exchange Milan in the final.

Virtus Bologna

Position Player Status PG Milos Teodosic Signed until 2022+1 PG Alessandro Pajola Signed until 2025 PG Nico Mannion Signed until 2023 PG Michele Ruzzier Signed until 2023 PG/SG Daniel Hackett Signed until 2024 SG Marco Belinelli Signed until 2023 SG Isaia Cordinier Signed until 2023 SF Kyle Weems Signed until 2023 SF Awudu Abass Signed until 2024 PF Kevin Hervey Signed until 2023 PF Amar Alibegovic Multi-year deal PF/C Jordan Mickey Signed until 2023 C Mouhammadou Jaiteh Signed until 2023 C JaKarr Sampson Signed until 2023 Coach Sergio Scariolo Expired contract Tornike Shengelia, Amedeo Tessitori Rumored to leave Kevin Hervey, Nico Mannion, Ekpe Udoh, Jakar Sampson Interested Achille Polonara (story), Nikola Milutinov (story), Tornike Shengelia, Marco Spissu, Amedeo Tessitori (story) Support BasketNews so we could make even better content.