39-year-old Latvian guard Janis Blums announced the retirement of his playing career. Janis spent 4 seasons in the VTB United League, playing for Lietuvos Rytas (2012/13), Astana (2013/14), VEF (2016/17) and PARMA (2017/18).
Blooms also took part in the first United League All-Star game in 2017 in Sochi and scored 18 points as part of the World Stars team.
This year, before the All-Star Game, Janis Blooms was inducted into the United League Hall of Fame.
