Valencia adds Shorts to their roster

Defending champion Valencia Basket (Liga Endesa) added 28-year-old American point guard TJ Shorts (175cm-73kg-1997, college: UC Davis) to their roster for the 2026-27 season. He also holds a North Macedonian passport. Shorts was the top scorer at Panathinaikos in the Greek GBL league, averaging 11.8ppg, 1.9rpg, and 4.1apg in 31 games. He helped his team reach the Greek League final after finishing the regular season as the second-best team. Shorts was voted to the Eurobasket.com All-Greek League Third Team for his impressive performance. In addition, he played 43 games in the Euroleague, averaging 8.1ppg, 1.3rpg, and 2.9apg, helping his team reach the quarterfinals. Prior to joining Valencia Basket, Shorts played for Paris Basket (Betclic ELITE ProA) in the French league for two seasons (2023-25). He has been a regular member of the North Macedonian Senior National Team since 2022.
He is a very experienced player. Shorts has also played professionally in France, Germany (Telekom Baskets, Hakro Merlins, and Hamburg Towers), and Latvia (Ventspils).
Among many awards, he won the French League championship title in 2025. He was selected as the Eurobasket.com All-French League Player of the Year and Eurobasket.com All-French League Import Player of the Year in 2025.
Shorts is a former Eurobasket Summer League player, which is considered the top summer league for players who want to play basketball overseas.
He graduated from University of California - Davis in 2019 and it will be his eighth season as a professional player. Shorts played also for Saddleback College for 2 years.


Valencia Basket roster for 2026-27:

Guards:
Brancou Badio
Gonzalo Corbalan
Omari Moore

Forwards:
Kameron Taylor
Nathan Reuvers

Center:
Dylan Osetkowski