Swiss Swingman Sefolosha To Sign With NBA Rockets: Reports
Muhammad Rameez Published September 21, 2019 | 09:30 AM
New York, Sept 21(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Sep, 2019 ) :Swiss swingman Thabo Sefolosha has agreed to terms of a one-year NBA deal with the Houston Rockets, according to multiple reports on Friday.
The 35-year-old veteran of 13 NBA seasons, the league's first Swiss player, will provide the Rockets with forward depth and solid 3-point shooting after signing the deal, reported by the New York Times, ESPN and the Houston Chronicle.
Rockets center Clint Capela, also Swiss, says Sefolosha's NBA Success helped inspire him to play in the league.
Sefolosha, a 35.
2-percent 3-point shooter over his 828-game NBA career, spent six seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder, where he was a teammate of Rockets guard James Harden and Russell Westbrook.
Sefolosha has averaged 5.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals a game with Chicago, Oklahoma City, Atlanta and Utah.
Hip and hamstring injuries kept Sefolosha to 50 games last season with Utah, when he averaged 3.8 points a game and made 43.6 percent of his 3-point attempts, just off the most accurate shooting season of his career from 2011-12 with Oklahoma City.
Recent Stories
HEC reviews curricula for environmental sciences degree programme
ICC Asia looking forward to an action-packed Asia Cricket Week
Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
Two Kyiv hospitals evacuating over feared Russian strikes
World must act on neurotech revolution, say experts
Charles & Catherine's cancer diagnoses
Champions Alcaraz and Sabalenka through in Madrid Open
King Charles to resume some public duties during cancer treatment: palace
US defense chief announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
Heavy rains cause damage to Spezand-Taftan railway track
Woman stabbed in Israel, attacker killed: police
More Stories From Sports
-
ICC Asia looking forward to an action-packed Asia Cricket Week
2 hours ago -
Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador
2 hours ago -
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
1 hour ago -
Champions Alcaraz and Sabalenka through in Madrid Open
2 hours ago -
Bagnaia hits back with record Jerez practice lap
1 hour ago -
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
1 hour ago
-
Shahzaib Rind calls on Deputy Speaker Balochistan
3 hours ago -
Inter-university weightlifting championship kicks off at SAU
3 hours ago -
T20 World Cup 2024 Trophy unveiling ceremony held
3 hours ago -
Football: Italian Serie A table
5 hours ago -
Football: French Ligue 1 table
5 hours ago -
New Zealand cricket CEO visits PSCA, expresses satisfaction over security arrangements
5 hours ago