Jake Forrester Joins PAOK

PAOK BC has announced the signing of 25-year-old American forward-center Jake Forrester. He is the seventh new addition to the team, following guards Frank Bartley, Dimitris Katsivelis, Kostas Papadakis, and Savar Reynolds, guard-forward Cedric Henderson Jr., and forward-center Jackson "Rocky" Kreuser.

Player Profile

Name: Jacob "Jake" Forrester

Date of Birth: January 1, 1999

Nationality: American

Height: 2.06m (6'8")

Position: Power Forward / Center

Career Highlights and Professional Stats

Jake Forrester began his collegiate career at Indiana University before transferring to Temple University and later to Saint Louis University, where he had more playing time and opportunities to showcase his skills. His professional debut was with Artland Dragons in Germany.

 

College Basketball:

Indiana Hoosiers (2018-19):

Played 13 games, averaging 4.2 minutes, 2.1 points, and 1.3 rebounds per game.

Field goal percentage: 54.5%, Free throw percentage: 33.3%.

 

Temple Owls (2019-21):

2019-20 Season: Played 26 games, averaging 17.2 minutes, 7.5 points, and 3.8 rebounds per game.

Field goal percentage: 53.3%, Free throw percentage: 49.3%.

2020-21 Season: Played 16 games, averaging 21.5 minutes, 9.3 points, and 6.4 rebounds per game.

Field goal percentage: 56.7%, Free throw percentage: 66.7%.

 

Saint Louis Billikens (2022-23):

Played 33 games, averaging 16.2 minutes, 6.7 points, and 4.9 rebounds per game.

Field goal percentage: 56.8%, Free throw percentage: 66.7%, 3-point percentage: 100.0%.

 

Professional Basketball:

Artland Dragons (Germany, Pro A, 2023-24):

Played 34 games, averaging 20 minutes, 12.3 points, and 6.1 rebounds per game.

Field goal percentage: 60.2%, Free throw percentage: 66.7%.

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Koroivos Amaliadas signed Quenton DeCosey. The 24-year-old American guard graduated from Temple and went undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft. DeCosey started his professional career in Italy with Treviso where in 20 games he averaged 9.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. DeCosey finished the season in Serie B with Chieti where he averaged 10.2 points and 5.2 rebounds in 5 games.

Kymi sign Jake O'Brien

Kymi sign Jake O'Brien. The 28 years old American forward began his college career at Boston University and graduated from Temple. In his last college season with Temple O'Brien averaged 9.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game. O'Brien went undrafted in the 2013 NBA Draft and started his professional career in Ukraine with Ferro-ZNTU but finished the season in the NBA D-League with Bakersfield Jam. In the next season O'Brien moved to Germany for Eisbären Bremerhaven and in 2015 he moved to Cyprus for Keravnos Strovolou. In the last season O'Brien won the Cypriot Basketball Championship with Keravnos.

Aris sign Will Cummings

Aris sign Will Cummings. The 24 years old American guard graduated from Temple University, where he played for Temple Owls averaging 14.8 points, 4.2 assists and 1.9 steals per game in his senior year. Cummings went undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft and started his career in NBA D-League with Rio Grande Valley Vipers. He was named All-NBA D-League Second Team (2016), NBA D-League All-Rookie Team (2016), and NBA D-League All-Star (2016). In 49 games with Rio Grande Valley Vipers Cummings averaged 20.47 points, 3.59 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.
In April 2016 Cummings joined Dolomiti Energia Trento for the rest of the season, playing four game and averaging 9.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.