Asvel is reinforced with the arrivals of Joel Bolomboy and Patty Mills
He Asvel Villeurbanne was reinforced with the arrivals of the Ukrainian center Joel Bolomboy and the Australian point guard Patty Mills to alleviate the escape of several of its signings this summer, according to the French club.
The entity, with the French legend Tony Parker As a new coach, he is in a delicate financial moment after failing to obtain the definitive signature of several sponsors.
For this reason, several of the signings made this summer, such as Sylvain Francisco, Armoni Brooks or Nick Weiler-Babbhave been forced to leave without having debuted with the Asvel shirt.
Given the departure of several important players, the entity confirmed this Monday the arrival of Bolomboy for the next two seasons.
The 32-year-old, 2.04 meter tall center comes from Serbian Red Star, where he has been for the last three years.
Suffering from multiple injuries during his career, Bolomboy suffered a serious injury to the Lisfranc joint (in the midfoot) in March 2025, which caused him to not return to the court until 10 months later, in January 2026.
Upon his return and in 15 appearances, he averaged 5.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 0.5 blocks in 14 minutes per game.
With eight seasons of experience in the Euroleague, the center who plays with the Russian national team won the continental title with CSKA Moscow in 2019.
His future had been linked to Unicaja de Málaga of the Endesa League, although he will finally continue in the top European competition.
On the other hand, the veteran Millsformer teammate of Tony Parker in the San Antonio Spurs and NBA champion, will debut in the Euroleague after his signing.
The 37-year-old Australian landed in European basketball with La Laguna Tenerife last March.
In 17 games with the Canarian entity he averaged 18.1 points and 1.7 assists in the Endesa League, in which he played a prominent role in eliminating Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the title playoffs.
He also had it in the BCL Champions League, where in 6 games he scored 13 points and 2 assists per night to help his team reach the Final Four of the competition.
