Josh Newkirk signs at Niigata Albirex

- August 11, 2023
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Niigata Albirex (B2 League) landed 29-year old American 185cm point guard Josh Newkirk (college: Indiana) for new season. Newkirk played this summer at Zoo Crew (The Basketball Tournament) in the U.S. In only one TBT game just recently he had 5 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 3 steals. The last season he played at Gargzdu in Lithuanian LKL where in 33 games he averaged 14.5ppg, 2.5rpg and 5.5apg (top 4).
He is a very experienced player. Newkirk has played also professionally in Russia (Vostok-65 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Czech Republic (NH Ostrava), Lithuania (Dzukija) and NBA G League (Texas Legends and Long Island Nets).
Among many awards his team made it to the ACC Tournament Semifinals in 2014. He was voted to Eurobasket.com Czech Republic League All-Imports Team back in 2020.
Newkirk graduated from Indiana University in 2018 and it will be his sixth season in pro basketball. He played also for University of Pittsburgh for 2 years.

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