American swingman John Allen has already inked a one-year deal with Anwil Wloclawek. The headcoach of Anwil Emir Mutapcic knows the player very well - both men worked together four years ago in German club New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig. Allen is the second foreigner in the team of Wloclawek, after Louis Hinnant.
American swingman John Allen has already inked a one-year deal with Anwil Wloclawek. The headcoach of Anwil Emir Mutapcic knows the player very well - both men worked together four years ago in German club New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig. Allen is the second foreigner in the team of Wloclawek, after Louis Hinnant.
John Allen and the club inked an agreement which will be valid until June 2012. American swingman is 1,94 m tall so he can play on shooting guard position as well as on small forward one. He found his place in Wloclawek, most of all, due to Anwil’s headcoach, Emir Mutapcic. Bosnian who has remembered him from the 2007/2008 season when Allen was his player in New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig.
– At the time, when he joined us, he showed his best skills from the very beginning. Moreover he had a great impact on each of our victories. He was able to use his talents and his basketball habits which he had learnt in the NCAA and Europe and helped us so much – Emir Mutapcic said.
Allen, who is a graduate from Seton Hall Univeristy, played in Finland, France and Israel. When he was a member of New Yorker Phantoms Braunschweig, he averaged 13,2 ppg., 4,2 rpg, 3,7 apg. and 1,4 spg., proving his versatility. – These statistics testify that he is strong, athlete player with good ball handling, rebounding, shooting and defense. I am sure he will suit to our system – added the coach of Anwil.
Last year Allen player for Eisbaeren Bremerhaven and he was a key rotation player – 8,9 ppg., 3,5 rpg. and 2,3 apg. 29-year-old guy is the second foreigner in the team of Wloclawek, after another American – Louis Hinnant.
Lukasz Majewski, Dardan Berisha, Seid Hajric and Marcin Nowakowski also signed their deals.