Virtus Bologna, market acceleration: three targets one step away
Three reinforcements coming for Virtus Bologna
Virtus Bologna è is ready to give a strong acceleration on the market, aiming to dress in black and white three American basketball players: they are small forward Will Clyburn, combo guard Rayjon Tucker and point guard Matt Morgan. According to 'Il Resto del Carlino' reports, the official announcements should be finalized soon.
Clyburn, born in 1990, has a fair amount of experience in the Euroleague, having played the past two seasons with Anadolu Efes and previously with CSKA Moscow, before the Russian clubs were banned from the competition. At the professional level, after leaving Iowa State, he has played only in Europe, starting in Germany (at Ratiopharm Ulm) and then continuing in Israel (at Hapoel Holon) and Turkey (at Darussafaka), before transferring to Moscow.
Rayjon Tucker, 27 years old on Sept. 24, on the other hand, has already had ample opportunity to deal with the Italian league, since he wore the Reyer Venezia jersey last season. "Undrafted" in 2019, he tried to enter the NBA through the G-League, and è actually managed to play in the world's biggest basketball league with the uniforms of Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets and Milwaukee Bucks. in 2022 he then decided to try the overseas adventure, first in Australia, at Melbourne United, and then in Italy, at Reyer.
Matt Morgan, Tucker’s peer, è is currently involved in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, where he is performing well in the Charlotte Hornets’ jersey. Coming out of Cornell University, he played in the G-League for the Raptors 905 before landing in Europe, where he played with Konyaspor in Turkey, Le Mans in France and the London Lions in England, reaching the EuroCup semifinals.