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Petkim adds Horton to their roster, ex Venezia

- July 2, 2026

Eurobasket News

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Aliaga Petkimspor Izmir (BSL) added to their roster 32-year old American center Chris Horton (202cm-102kg-1994, college: Austin Peay, agency: LHZ Sport Agency) for new 2026-27 season. He was top rebounder at Umana Reyer Venezia in Italian Serie A. In 35 games he recorded 7.5ppg and 5.0rpg. He helped them to make it to the Italian League final. Good season as he was named League Player of the Week. Horton also played 17 games in Eurocup where he averaged 8.4ppg, 7.1rpg, 1.5apg and 1.2spg.
For two previous seasons (2023-25) he played at another Italian team Sportinvest Trapani Sharks (Serie A).
In 2016 he was drafted by Grand Rapids Drive (D-League) as #5 pick overall.
The former Austin Peay State University star is in his eleventh (!!!) season in pro basketball.
He has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016.
Horton is quite experienced player. He has played also professionally in France (Cholet Basket, Gravelines Dunkerque and JSF Nanterre), Greece (Kymis), Hungary (Alba), Israel (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Russia (Lokomotiv) and NBA G League (Grand Rapids Gold).
Among many awards he won Italian Serie A2 Silver championship title in 2024. Horton was also voted Eurobasket.com All-Italian Serie A2 Player of the Year and Eurobasket.com All-Italian Serie A2 Import Player of the Year in 2024.

Aliaga Petkimspor Izmir roster for 2026-27:

Guards:
Thomas Akyazili
Ozan Yilmaz

Forwards:
Khyri Thomas
Tibet Gorener
Yigit Onan

Center:
Martynas Sajus

Coach: Orhun Ene

Tags : CHRIS HORTON, ALIAGA PETKIMSPOR IZMIR, TURKISH BASKETBALL, TURKISH TRANSACTIONS, FIBA EUROPE CUP

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