Astana inks Royce Hamm Jr.

- August 4, 2023
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Royce Hamm Jr.
Royce Hamm Jr.

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Defending champion BK Astana (National League) agreed terms with 24-year old American forward Royce Hamm Jr. (206cm-102kg-1999, college: UNLV, agency: MSG) for upcoming 2023-24 season. Hamm played this summer at Athletics Miami (The Basketball Tournament) in the U.S. He managed to play in four leagues in three countries last year (!!!). In only one TBT game just recently he recorded very impressive stats: 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block.
The most of last season he spent at Zenit in Russian league where in 26 VTB United League games he had 5.8ppg and 3.7rpg. Hamm helped them to make it to the semifinals. He also played for Antwerp Giants in Belgian league that season. In 8 FIBA Europe Cup games he averaged 12.3ppg, 4.1rpg and 1.0bpg. Hamm also played 8 games in BNXT League where he got 10.9ppg and 5.3rpg.
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others his college team won Big 12 Tournament in 2021. He was voted to All-MWC Honorable Mention in 2022.
Hamm graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas in 2022 and it will be his second season as a professional player. He played also for The University of Texas for 4 years.

BK Astana roster for 2023-24:

Guards:
Karvel Anderson
Markell Johnson

Forward:
Royce Hamm_Jr.

Center:
Igor Kanygin



Tags : ROYCE HAMM JR., BK ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN BASKETBALL, KAZAKHSTAN TRANSACTIONS, VTB UNITED LEAGUE, WEST ASIA SUPER LEAGUE

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