Turk Telekom Ankara (BSL) inked 23-year old French international 206cm power forward Yoan Makoundou for upcoming season. Makoundou played most recently at Buducnost in Montenegrin Erste Liga. In 17 Eurocup games he recorded 11.0ppg and 4.8rpg last season. He also played 31 games in ABA League where he averaged 8.4ppg, 4.5rpg and 1.0spg.
The previous (2022-23) season he played at Monaco in French Betclic ELITE ProA. In 35 games he had 7.5ppg and 3.6rpg in that year. Makoundou helped them to win the league title and the cup. He also played 8 games in Euroleague where he got 4.4ppg and 2.8rpg in that year. Makoundou contributed to his team making it to the Euroleague Final Four.
He has been also a member of French international program for some years. Makoundou has regularly played for French senior team since 2022 and previously for U18 National Team back in 2018.
He represented France at the World Cup U19 in Crete (Greece) five years ago. Makoundou’s team won Bronze and his stats at that event were 7 games: 4.0ppg, 2.4rpg.
Makoundou has played also professionally for other French teams like Cholet Basket and Cholet.
Among many awards he received Eurobasket.com All-French ProA U21 Player of the Year award and Eurobasket.com All-French ProA U21 Forward of the Year award back in 2020.
Turk Telekom Ankara roster for 2024-25:
Guards:
Olivier Hanlan
Ismet Akpinar
Max Heidegger
Kaan Tarla
Forwards:
Anthony Brown
Vasileios Charalampopoulos
Berkan Durmaz
Javon Bess
Yoan Makoundou
Centers:
Mahir Agva
Kyle Alexander
Coach: Erdem Can
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Tags : YOAN MAKOUNDOU, TURK TELEKOM ANKARA, TURKISH BASKETBALL, TURKISH TRANSACTIONS, EUROCUP
