Justin Burrell signs at Sendai 89ers

Sendai 89ers (B2 League) landed 33-year old American 207cm forward Justin Burrell, college: St.John's for new season. Burrell played most recently at Nagoya Diamond Dolphins (B1 League). In 47 games he averaged 13.0ppg, 7.6rpg and 2.7apg last season. B2 League will be definitely a better match and he can see more playing time.
The previous (2020) summer he played at Overseas Elite in U.S. semi-pro league The Basketball Tournament. He helped them to make it to the semifinals.
He has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2015.
Burrell has played previously professionally also in France (Cholet Basket and Chalons Reims) and Japan (Chiba Jets and Yokohama B-Corsairs).
Among many awards Burrell's team was regular season runner-up in Japanese B League West Division in 2019. He was voted to Asia-Basket.com All-Japanese B League Honorable Mention back in 2018.
He attended St. John's University until 2011 and it will be his eleventh (!!!) season in pro basketball.

Sendai 89ers roster for 2021-2022:

Guards:
Masaharu Kataoka
Seiya Tanaka
Keita Sawabe
Masato Tsukino

Forwards:
Hayato Kantake
Justin Burrell


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