POSTED BY: Igor Obradovic
Jan Vesely
Defending champion FC Barcelona Lassa (Liga Endesa) confirmed in their roster 33-year old Czech international center Jan Vesely (213cm-109kg-1990) for new 2023-24 season. Vesely is the second import player in the roster as Lithuanian Rokas Jokubaitis signed here earlier.
He played there last season. In 39 Liga Endesa games he recorded 9.3ppg, 3.8rpg and 1.4apg. He helped them to win the league title and they also played in the Supercup final. He also played 38 games in Euroleague where he averaged 9.3ppg, 4.0rpg and 1.5apg. Vesely contributed to his team ending the regular season as at the second position in the league and they also made it to the Euroleague Final Four.
In 2011 he was drafted by Washington Wizards (NBA) in first round (6th overall).
He has been also a member of Czech Republic international program for some years. Vesely has regularly played for Czech Republic senior team since 2009 and previously for U20 National Team back in 2010.
He also represented Czech Republic at the Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan) two years ago. His stats at that event were 3 games: 14.3ppg, 5.0rpg, 3.3apg, Steals-2 (2.3spg), FGP: 65.5%, FT: 50.0%.
Vesely is quite experienced player. He has played also professionally in Serbia (Partizan), Slovenia (Slovan), Turkey (Fenerbahce), NBA (Denver Nuggets) and Czech Republic (Snakes).
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others he was voted Eurobasket.com All-Euroleague European Player of the Year back in 2019.
FC Barcelona Lassa roster for 2023-24:
Guards:
Dario Brizuela
Rokas Jokubaitis
Forward:
Joel Parra
Centers:
Jan Vesely
Willy Hernangomez
Coach: Roger Grimau
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Tags : JAN VESELY, FC BARCELONA LASSA, SPANISH BASKETBALL, SPANISH TRANSACTIONS, EUROLEAGUE
