It‘s official: Granger is coming back to Baskonia / News - Basketnews.com

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Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz and point guard Jayson Granger will be partners again. The Spanish team announced about signing the Uruguayan on a one-year deal with an option for another season.

Jayson Granger

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Granger (31, 1.89) arrives from ALBA Berlin, where he averaged 8.1 points and 4.9 assists in 28 EuroLeague games last season.

He helped ALBA win the German League title, earning Finals MVP honors.

He already played for Baskonia in the previous three seasons in which he had two severe injuries - ankle and knee - that kept him sidelined for the best part of two years.

Granger could not help Baskonia in the 2019-20 EuroLeague season but returned to action in time to win the Spanish League title.

He started his career with Estudiantes and played for another Spanish team, Unicaja Malaga, and for Anadolu Efes Istanbul of Turkey before joining Baskonia in 2017.

In 176 EuroLeague career games with Unicaja, Efes, Baskonia, and ALBA, Granger averaged 9.0 points and 4.1 assists. He is also a regular member of the Uruguayan national team.

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Position Player Status PG Jayson Granger (story) Signed until 2022 + 1 PG Arturs Kurucs Signed until 2023 SG Sander Raieste Signed until 2024 SG Wade Baldwin IV (story) Signed until 2022 SG Vanja Marinkovic (story) Signed until 2024 SG Miguel Gonzalez Signeduntil 2024 SF Rokas Giedraitis Signeduntil 2023 SF Tadas Sedekerskis Signeduntil 2022 SF Simone Fontecchio (story) Signed until 2024 SF Pavel Savkov Signeduntil 2024 PF Alec Peters Contract option +1 PF Ondrej Hanzlik Signeduntil 2024 PF/C Matt Costello (story) Signed until 2024 C Tonye Jekiri Contract option +1 C Youssoupha Fall Signeduntil 2022 Coach Dusko Ivanovic Expired contract Illimane Diop (released, story), Pierria Henry (not coming back), Achile Pollonara (not coming back), Quino Colom, Zoran Dragic, Franz Massenat Rumored to leave Rokas Giedraitis, Alec Peters, Youssoupha Fall Interested Vanja Marinkovic (story), Xabi Lopez-Arrostegui Subscribe to BN+ and get access to exclusive content.