Former EuroLeague champion Alex Tyus joins France's ASVEL

French basketball club to keep 34-year-old center until end of season

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Alex Tyus, a 2014 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion, moved to the French basketball club LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne on Thursday.

In a statement, ASVEL said that the club signed Tyus for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.

The 34-year-old center joined ASVEL to replace French player Joffrey Lauvergne, who suffered from an ACL tear in his knee on Saturday.

"Following my injury in yesterday's game, I will be out for few months with a torn ACL but I will come back stronger," Lauvergne earlier said on Twitter.

Tyus from the US previously helped Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv win the 2014 EuroLeague title.

He played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Türkiye's Anadolu Efes and Galatasaray, Russia's UNICS Kazan, and Spain's Real Madrid while in Europe.

Tyus last played for another Turkish club Pinar Karsiyaka.

He amassed 196 games in the EuroLeague to average 7.3 points and 4.4 rebounds.

This season ASVEL have 1-3 win/loss record to come 16th in EuroLeague standings.

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