Justice comes back to Al Wahda, ex Sagesse

Defending champion Al Wahda Damascus (SBL) signed 37-year-old American 178cm shooting guard James Justice (college: UT Southern). It marks his return to Damascus, where he previously played. Justice joins from Sagesse in the Lebanese DLBL, where he put up impressive numbers this season. In 7 DLBL games, he averaged 24.7ppg, 5.6rpg, 5.1apg, and 1.3spg, ranking in the top 5 in multiple categories.
He is a very experienced player. Justice has quite traveled the world as his pro career brought him to thirteen different countries on four different continents (Asia, Latin America, Africa and of course North America). He has played professionally in Iraq (Al Shurtah), Qatar (Qatar Club and Al Gharafa), Saudi Arabia (Al Ahli, Ohod and Al Ittihad), Tunisia (US Monastir and Club Africain), Egypt (Al Gezira and Smouha), United Arab Emirates (Al Sharjah), Dominican Republic (Metros and Immortals), Libya (Al Ittihad Tripoli and Al Ahly Tripoli), UBA (GIE Maile M.), Uganda (City Oilers), Canada (Titans) and The Basketball Tournament (All Good Dawgs).
Among many awards, his team made it to the Iraqi League Semifinals in 2025. Justice was also voted to Afrobasket.com All-Libyan League Import Player of the Year back in 2022. He is close to retirement age as a player. It may be one of the last seasons in his extensive career, which he may end at Al Wahda.
He graduated from the University of Tennessee Southern in 2012, and it is his 14th season in pro basketball.


Al Wahda Damascus roster for 2025-26:

Majd Arbasha
Hani Adribi
Nadim Issa
Falando Jones
Domagoj Proleta
Oumar Barry
Unique McLean
Mitchell Smith
Darious Hall
Christian Maran
Yousef Abdullah
Mohammad Al-Balbisi
Mohamad Atli
Jad Aldassouki
Anas Al Hajji
Abdullah Al-Halabi
Elias Azarieh
Majd Moakkad

Coach: Petar Aleksic


Tags : JAMES JUSTICE, AL WAHDA DAMASCUS, SYRIAN BASKETBALL, SYRIAN TRANSACTIONS, WEST ASIA SUPER LEAGUE