Baskonia gets bigger with Nnoko

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz bolstered its frontcourt with the addition of center Landry Nnoko for the coming season, the club announced on Sunday.

Nnoko (2.08 meters, 27 years old) played for Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade last season. After missing the first part of the season due to health issues, Nnoko appeared in 10 games in the second part of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season and averaged 7.1 points and 5.2 rebounds. He also posted 7.1 points and 6.4 rebounds in the Adriatic League to help Zvezda win the title. Nnoko had spent the previous two seasons in Germany with ALBA Berlin. He helped ALBA reach the 2018 EuroCup Finals and made his EuroLeague debut in the 2019-20 campaign when he ranked ninth in the league with 5.8 rebounds per game. Earlier in his career, Nnoko played professionally for Grand Rapids in the D-League and Sakarya in Turkey.