Former BYU Center Brandon Davies Signs With FC Barcelona
Jun 3, 2019, 2:45 PM
Brandon Davies, #0 of Zalgiris Kaunas in action during the 2018/2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 30 game between Real Madrid and Zalgiris Kaunas at Wizink Center on April 4, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Emilio Cobos/EB via Getty Images)
(Photo by Emilio Cobos/EB via Getty Images)
BARCELONA, Spain – After two sensational seasons with Zalgiris in Lithuania, former BYU big man Brandon Davies will join FC Barcelona.
Davies finished his second season with a 16.9 points per game average and was named First Team All-EuroLeague.
The former Cougar tweeted out a YouTube video of Zalgiris’ tribute to Davies, calling him one of the best centers in team history.
My eyes are sweating.. love y’all for real! 💚 #ManoKomanda 🤧 https://t.co/7nNVFITga0
— Brandon Davies (@Brandon_Davies0) June 3, 2019
Barcelona finished the season with the fifth best record in Europe and lost their best-of-five first round series to Anadolu Efes in five games. Davis will join a roster with familiar faces, including former Gonzaga guard Kevin Pangos as well as former NBA players Kevin Seraphin and Chris Singleton.
Center Ante Tomic has a small tie to the Utah Jazz as we was selected by the team in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft, but never played in the league.
Davies was bought out of his contract by Zalgiris in order to join Barcelona.
He spent two seasons in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets when he graduated from BYU.
