Umana Reyer Venezia (Serie A) signed 32-year old American ex-international guard Xavier Munford (193cm-82kg-1992, college: URI) for upcoming 2024-25 season. Munford played this summer at Herd That (The Basketball Tournament) in the U.S. He managed to play in three leagues in two countries last year. In three TBT games just recently he had 13.3ppg, 2.3rpg and 2.7apg. The last season he played at Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israeli Winner League where in 31 games he recorded 13.8ppg, 2.3rpg and 3.1apg. Munford helped them to make it to the Israeli Premier League final after they ended regular season as second best team. He also played 19 games in Eurocup where he averaged impressive 15.4ppg, 2.8rpg, 3.6apg and 1.3spg. Munford contributed to his team making it to the quarterfinals.
In 2014 he was drafted by Maine Red Claws (D-League) in third round (51st overall).
The former University of Rhode Island star is in his eleventh (!!!) season in pro basketball.
He has tried to make it to the NBA and played in the NBA Pro Summer League in 2016. Munford was a member of USA Senior National Team between 2017 and 2022.
He is quite experienced player. Munford has played in eight different countries on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Australia and of course North America). He has played previously professionally in Australia (Phoenix), China (Sturgeons), Spain (FC Barcelona), Turkey (Bursaspor), NBA (LA Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies), NBA G League (Delaware Blue Coats, Greensboro Swarm and Wisconsin Munfordrd), The Basketball Tournament (Money Team) and NBA Summer League (Milwaukee Bucks).
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others he was voted to Eurobasket.com All-EuroCup Honorable Mention in 2023. He played also for Iowa Western Community College for one year.
Umana Reyer Venezia roster for 2024-25:
Guards:
Juan Fernandez
Tyler Ennis
Xavier Munford
Davide Moretti
Davide Casarin
Forwards:
Giga Janelidze
Amedeo Tessitori
Carl Wheatle
Mfiondu Kabengele
Aamir Simms
Centers:
Kyle Wiltjer
Alessandro Lever
Coach: Neven Spahija
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Tags : XAVIER MUNFORD, UMANA REYER VENEZIA, ITALIAN BASKETBALL, ITALIAN TRANSACTIONS, EUROCUP
