Panathinaikos pushing to sign former NBA slam dunk champion / News - Basketnews.com

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Panathinaikos OPAP Athens and Jeremy Evans are in advanced talks, according to George Zakkas of SDNA.gr.

Evans was selected with the 55th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. In the NBA, he played with Utah (2010-15), the Dallas Mavericks (2015-16), and the Atlanta Hawks (2018). His career averages in the strongest basketball league are 3.5 points and 2.6 rebounds in 250 games.

The 33-year-old (2.06) had his first stint in Europe with Khimki Moscow Region in 2016. He also represented Darussafaka Istanbul and AX Armani Exchange Milan. With the latter team, Evans won third place in the EuroLeague last season.

The 2012 NBA slam dunk champion averaged 2.8 points and 3.1 rebounds in 11 EuroLeague contests with the Italian squad.

Current roster

Panathinaikos OPAP Athens

Position Player Status PG/SG Nemanja Nedovic (story) Signed until 2023 PG/SG Kendrick Perry (story) Signed until 2022 +1 PG/SG Daryl Macon (story) Signed until 2022 +1 SG Nikos Diplaros Contract option +1 SG Lefteris Bochoridis (story) Signed until 2022 SF Howard Sant-Roos (story) Signed until 2023 SF Ioannis Papapetrou(story) Signed until 2023 SF Alpha Diallo(story) Signed until 2024 SF Leonidas Kaselakis (story) Singed until 2022 PF Okaro White(story) Signed until 2022 + 1 C Jehyve Floyd (story) Signed until 2022 + 1 C Giorgos Papagiannis Contract option +1 C Vassilis Kavvadas (story) Signed until 2022 +1 Coach Dimitris Priftis (story) Expired contract Mario Hezonja (not coming back), Shelvin Mack, Aaron White (not coming back), Ben Bentil (not coming back), Ian Vougioukas (not coming back) Rumored to leave Giorgos Kalaitzakis (story), Zach Auguste, T.J. Bray (not coming back) Interested Nigel Hayes (story), Jeremy Evans (story)

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