Baskonia announces the signing of a former Barça player who arrives from the Chinese CBA

ByDavid Mitchell

He Kosner Baskonia announced this morning the signing of Latvian power forward Rolands Smits (31 years old and 2.07 meters), who arrives from the Ningbo Rockets of the Chinese CBA, until the end of the season.

Born on June 25, 1995 in Valmiera (Latvia), Smits began his professional career in Spain at CB Fuenlabrada, with which he made his ACB debut in the 2014-15 campaign.

In 2018-19 made the leap to the Euroleague with Barça (2018-22), where he expanded his experience in Europe in clubs such as Zalgiris Kaunas (2022-24) or Anadolu Efes (2024-26), where last season he averaged 6.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 6.0 efficiency in 35 Euroleague games under Pablo Laso.

This season, the Latvian has played eight games with the aforementioned Ningbo Rocketswith averages of 11.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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