Valencia inks sharpshooter Kelati, cuts Marshall
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 Valencia Basket signed sharp shooting swingman Thomas Kelati for the remainder of the season, the club announced Monday. Valencia also released swingman Rawle Marshall, who averaged 5 points in the Eurocup Qualifying Round games against Dexia Mons-Hainaut. Kelati (195, 26) last played for Unicaja, where he averaged 11.8 points in 16 Euroleague games last season. He signed for Olympiacos over the summer, but that contract was voided. Kelati stayed in playing shape most recently by training with the Los Angeles Lakers. Last season Kelati tied the record for the most three-pointers made in a single Euroleague game all decade when he downed 9 shots from downtown in a home win against Lottomatica Roma.
Kelati previously played for Turow Zgorzelec, where he averaged 14.8 points and 3.2 rebounds in 15 ULEB Cup games in the 2007-08 season. Kelati helped Turow make it all the way to the ULEB Cup Final Eight, losing in the quarterfinals against Dynamo Moscow. In his two seasons in Zgorzelec, Kelati also reached back-to-back Polish League finals, losing twice against Prokom Trefl Sopot. Kelati previously played for Dexia Mons-Hainaut in Belgium after finishing his four-year college basketball career at Washington State University. He averaged 14.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in his senior season with the Cougars. Kelati is the only professional basketball player with Eritrean roots.
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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