Post by SpaghettiHoops on Sept 27, 2014 9:24:26 GMT
On the teamsheet last night but not getting any minutes from the bench was Raheem May-Thompson. Not heard anything about his signing. All I can find online is that he's just joined the University of Derby where he'll play for Derby Trailblazers:
www.facebook.com/DerbyTrailblazersClub
His own accounts don't mention Lions:
twitter.com/heemaglobin
www.facebook.com/heemaglobin
the Trailblazers are also able to confirm the signing of forward Raheem May-Thompson, who becomes the eleventh senior member of the squad assembled for the club’s return to division one basketball.
May-Thompson will make his debut for the club in Saturday’s National Trophy trip to Bradford Dragons (6:15pm), which will see Derby at full strength for the first time this season. The 6’6” forward is the third former GB under 20 international player to be recruited this summer and assistant coach Steve Baxter says head coach James Maudsley deserves the plaudits for making that happen:
“Raheem gives us athleticism and explosiveness at the forward position. He is a good scorer and defender and we think he will complement the other players we have perfectly. Credit has to go to our head coach James Maudsley for managing to attract such talent to the club.
“Raheem will be joining up with former GB U20 team-mates John Stewart and Lee Goldsbrough and is another player who will be attending Derby University, so we must once again extend our thanks to the Derbyshire Institute for Sport for making his signing possible.
“At 23 years old, May-Thompson played last season in Liverpool after returning from the USA, where as a sixteen year old, he went to high school before attending University at Quinnipiac and then Stonehill College.
“He joins the team slightly later than the rest of the squad after winning a place on the Midnight Madness team which only returned from St Kitts in the Caribbean last weekend,” Baxter explained.
May-Thompson will make his debut for the club in Saturday’s National Trophy trip to Bradford Dragons (6:15pm), which will see Derby at full strength for the first time this season. The 6’6” forward is the third former GB under 20 international player to be recruited this summer and assistant coach Steve Baxter says head coach James Maudsley deserves the plaudits for making that happen:
“Raheem gives us athleticism and explosiveness at the forward position. He is a good scorer and defender and we think he will complement the other players we have perfectly. Credit has to go to our head coach James Maudsley for managing to attract such talent to the club.
“Raheem will be joining up with former GB U20 team-mates John Stewart and Lee Goldsbrough and is another player who will be attending Derby University, so we must once again extend our thanks to the Derbyshire Institute for Sport for making his signing possible.
“At 23 years old, May-Thompson played last season in Liverpool after returning from the USA, where as a sixteen year old, he went to high school before attending University at Quinnipiac and then Stonehill College.
“He joins the team slightly later than the rest of the squad after winning a place on the Midnight Madness team which only returned from St Kitts in the Caribbean last weekend,” Baxter explained.
www.facebook.com/DerbyTrailblazersClub
His own accounts don't mention Lions:
twitter.com/heemaglobin
www.facebook.com/heemaglobin
