Jasikevicius fishes in the Endesa League with the signing of one of the best point guards today

The base market in the Euroleague continues to move. He Fenerbahce announced this Wednesday the signing of Trent Forrest for the next two seasons, with the option of a third. The American base thus begins a new stage in Istanbul after saying goodbye to the Baskoniawhere he assured that “it has been great to be able to play in Vitoria.”

Forrest He arrived at the Vitorian team two seasons ago and, after showing glimpses of his talent in his first year, he finished exploding this last campaign. The American established himself as one of the best game directors in the Euroleaguewhich led to Sarunas’ Fenerbahçe Jasikevicius to accelerate negotiations to obtain their services.

The point guard was one of Baskonia’s great leaders throughout the season and had an outstanding performance in the King’s Cupwhere he was elected MVP after leading the Vitoria team to the title against Real Madrid. He closed the tournament with averages of 17.7 points, 7.3 assists, 6 rebounds and 28.7 rating creditsstaying just one rebound away from the triple-double in the final.

Forrest will now reinforce the direction of the game Fenerbahcewhere you will be under the orders of Jasikevicius in a project that once again aspires to everything in Europe. The Turkish team is starring in one of the most ambitious markets of the summer and the incorporations of Shane would also be very advanced. Larkin (Anadolu Efes), Braxton Key (Valencia Basket), Shavon Shields (Armani Milan), Marcus bingham (UNICS Kazan) and Ignas Sargiunas (Rytas Vilnius).

In addition, the 2024-25 Euroleague champion announced this Tuesday the renewal of Nicolò Melli until the end of the 2027-28 season, reinforcing the continuity of one of the references of its project.