Jamil Wilson is a newcomer at Unics

Unics Kazan (VTB) strengthened their roster with addition of 28-year old American forward Jamil Wilson (201-104kg-90, college: Marquette). He played last summer at Golden Eagles (The Basketball Tournament) in the U.S. Wilson managed to play in three leagues in two countries last year. He helped them to make it to the final. The last season Wilson played at Reale Mutua Basket Torino (Serie A) in Italian league where in 30 games he recorded 9.4ppg, 4.3rpg and 1.2apg. He contributed in the Supercup final. Wilson also played 10 games in Eurocup where he averaged 12.1ppg, 4.5rpg and 1.7apg.
He has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016.
Wilson is quite experienced player. Thanks to his pro career he managed to play on three different continents (Europe, Latin America and of course North America) in five different countries. Wilson has played previously professionally in Germany (Brose Baskets), Puerto Rico (Cangrejeros), NBA (Dallas Mavericks, LA Clippers and LA Lakers), Italy (Virtus Segafredo Bologna) and NBA G League (Texas Legends, Fort Wayne Mad Ants and Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario).
He attended Marquette University until 2014 and it will be his sixth season as a professional player.
The scouts decsribe him following way: A solid bodied combo forward with great athletic skills and good shooting range. Can spend time in both forward positions, has yet nice upside.

By Eurobasket Data Center