Turk Telekom sign a second foreign player

Andrejs Grazulis

Turk Telekom Ankara (BSL) landed 31-year old Latvian international 202cm power forward Andrejs Grazulis for new season. Grazulis is the second foreign player in the roster as USA Jaleen Smith signed here earlier.
He played most recently at Joventut in Spanish Liga Endesa. He managed to play in three leagues in two countries last year (!!!). In 11 Liga Endesa games he averaged 6.0ppg, 4.0rpg and 1.0bpg. He also played for Virtus Bologna in Italian Serie A where in 16 games he had 5.7ppg and 2.6rpg. Grazulis also played 21 games in Euroleague where he recorded 5.0ppg and 1.4rpg.
He has been also a member of Latvian international program for some years. Grazulis has regularly played for Latvian senior team since 2014 and previously for U20 National Team back in 2013.
He represented Latvia at the European Championship (FIBA EuroBasket) eight years ago. His stats at that event were 6 games: 1.7ppg.
Grazulis has played also professionally in Russia (Parma-Pari), Italy (Trieste, Dolomiti Trentino and Tortona) and Latvia (Valmiera, Ventspils, Spars/Ventspils and VEF Riga). His team won Latvian League Regular Season in 2015 and 2017.
Among many awards he was voted to Eurobasket.com All-FIBA World Cup Honorable Mention in 2023.



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