Virtus Bologna officially add Jordan Mickey as their first offseason signing

2022-07-13 14:37
Credit: Rokas Lukoševičius/BNS
Credit Rokas Lukoševičius/BNS

Virtus Segafredo Bologna have officially announced their first signing of the 2022 offseason.

Jordan Mickey has joined the Italian club on a one-year deal to become the club's opening signing ahead of the return campaign to the EuroLeague.

Last season, the American forward-center played for Zenit Saint Petersburg where he averaged 10.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 0.9 blocks for 10.1 PIR in the EuroLeague for the club. He won the VTB League, where he was the Finals MVP also Defender of the Year.

Jordan Mickey

Jordan  Mickey
Jordan  Mickey
MIN: 25.38
PTS: 10.45 (56.28%)
REB: 4.32
As: 0.82
ST: 0.55
BL: 0.86
TO: 1.64
GM: 22

The year before, Mickey played for Khimki Moscow Region, his first-ever team in Europe (2018-19) and averaged 15.6 points and 5.8 rebounds for 16.5 PIR in the 2020-21 EuroLeague season. 

Jordan Mickey was born in Dallas on July 9, 1994. He arrived in the NBA wearing the Boston Celtics jersey from 2015 to 2017 and the Miami Heat in the 2017-18 season. 

After winning the EuroCup last year, Virtus are coming back to the EuroLeague after a 14-year break. The last time the Italian team participated in the grandest stage of European basketball was during the 2007-08 season when the club finished the regular season with only 2 wins and 12 losses.

Unfortunately for the club, Virtus did not manage to capture the third Italian Basketball League (LBA) trophy in a row, losing to AX Armani Exchange Milan in the final.

Virtus Bologna

Position Player Status
PG Milos Teodosic Signed until 2022+1
PG Alessandro Pajola Signed until 2025
PG Nico Mannion Signed until 2023
PG Michele Ruzzier Signed until 2023
PG/SG Daniel Hackett Signed until 2024
SG Marco Belinelli Signed until 2023
SG Isaia Cordinier Signed until 2023
SF Kyle Weems Signed until 2023
SF Awudu Abass Signed until 2024
PF Kevin Hervey Signed until 2023
PF Amar Alibegovic Multi-year deal
PF/C Jordan Mickey Signed until 2023
C Mouhammadou Jaiteh Signed until 2023
C JaKarr Sampson Signed until 2023
Coach Sergio Scariolo
Expired contract Tornike Shengelia, Amedeo Tessitori
Rumored to leave Kevin Hervey, Nico Mannion, Ekpe Udoh, Jakar Sampson
Interested Achille Polonara (story), Nikola Milutinov (story), Tornike Shengelia, Marco Spissu, Amedeo Tessitori (story)


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