Reyer Venezia, official purchase of Rayjon Tucker

New guard for Reyer Venezia for the 2023/24 season

Strike of remarkable quality for Reyer Venezia, which has secured the talented guard Rayjon Tucker, coming off a more than successful season on Australian soil and with good experience gained in the NBA as well.

The lagoon club made the purchase of the 1997 class guard official with a statement that appeared on the Reyer Venezia website. An important purchase to further improve the 2023/24 roster.

This is the statement on the official website of Reyer Venezia: “Umana Reyer is pleased to announce the signing of Rayjon Tucker, a 191-centimeter by 95-kilogram guard from Melbourne United. He was born on September 24, 1997 in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA), where he grew up basketball at Northside Christian Academy. In college he studied and played from 2015 to 2017 with the Florida Gulf Coast Eagle while in the 2018/19 season he transferred to Arkansas to represent the Little Rock Trojans (20 points and 7 rebounds average). In 2019 he played Summer League with the Milwaukee Bucks before donning the Wisconsin Herd jersey in the G League with whom he put up 24 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game attracting the attention of the Utah Jazz with whom he signed in December of that year, making his NBA debut. In November 2020 he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers while in January 2021 he moved to Philadelphia with whom he played with the 76ers in the NBA and the Delaware Blue Coats in the G League. In the 2021/22 season Tucker returns to the Wisconsin Herd until April 2022 when he signs with the Milwaukee Bucks with whom he also plays in the playoffs. In the 2022/23 season he wears the Melbourne United jersey in the Australian National Basketball League finishing the season with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game (55% from 2 and 38% from 3).”