Avtodor signed a contract with 29-year-old Turkish center Kerem Kanter.
Kerem is the first Turkish player in the VTB League Russian team and the second in the League history. The agreement is till November 18 with an option to extend it until the end of the season.
In the 2020/21 season Kerem played for Kolossos (Greece). He averaged 17.2 points and 7.5 rebounds.
He won his first title in the 2021/22 season with Szlenska, becoming the National Polish League champion. In the EuroCup, the center was the best rebounder with 9.1 on average.
Kanter finished last season in the French top division, and in the summer he became a semifinalist in the TBT league. He averaged 18.4 points and 9.0 rebounds.
Oleg Rodionov, Avtodor President:
– Unfortunately, Artem Klimenko’s injury became more serious than it looked initially. In this regard, in order not to lose quality, we had to take emergency measures to sign a new player for the center position. Kanter arrival will deepen the team’s rotation and relieve our bigmen in Klimenko absence.
