Brief statement and only in Turkish. That is the welcome letter from Türk Telekom Ankara for the American player who has played two seasons with the Baskonia team. The 25-year-old from Connecticut will try to carve out a future in Ottoman basketball after serving in the Obradoiro and in the Vitoria franchise. The Ankara club is the current runner-up in the Eurocup. In Vitoria he did not come to gel with Ivanovic and neither with Spahija or Peñarroya.
Enoch has an Armenian passport and can play without occupying an extra-community place. Right now he was a free agent because he had already finished his contract with Baskonia. Although he appeared on the list of futures with Gran Canaria, even as a barter currency for Khalifa Diop, he has decided to pack his bags heading to Türkiye, a country with a lot of economic potential for this sport. Thompson could also end up at Fenerbahçe Istanbul.
Baskonia has not yet issued any note dismissing the player and thanking him for his services. The main lack of him in Vitoria has been his lack of defensive commitment. He began by showing an effervescent basketball in attack but little else. And, furthermore, when he came across centers with a lot of potential in the Euroleague, he couldn’t stand up to them forcefully. Seeing him, for example, in front of Tavares, was to start trembling.
His averages at the Basque club have been quite modest, with 7.6 points, 5 rebounds, and a PIR of 9.2 in ACB while in the Euroleague he finished with the same figures in terms of points and an average of 4.4 rebounds per game. Good friend of the Kutxabank player Araski Tanaya Atkinson, the two have decided to put land in the middle and fly to other destinations. In the case of the American player, towards Casademont Zaragoza.