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Alex Poythress Signs With Chinese Team

Former Kentucky forward Alex Poythress will continue his professional career in China.

Poythress has signed with Jilin Northeast Tigers in China’s top-level CBA league.

Here are details from Asia-Basket.com:

Jilin Northeast Tigers (CBA) inked 25-year old American forward Alex Poythress (203-108kg-93, college: Kentucky). He played most recently at Atlanta Hawks in the NBA. In 21 games he averaged 5.1ppg and 3.6rpg last season.

The most of previous (2017-18) season Poythress spent at the Pacers in NBA. But in 24 games he had just 1.1ppg. Poythress helped them to win the G League Central Division title.