‘Sniper’ Marcus Derrickson is coming back to Korea… Samsung’s foreign player has been formed

The Seoul Samsung Thunder announced on Monday the recruitment of foreign player Marcus Derrickson through the club’s official SNS. With Derrickson in tow, Samsung completed the formation of foreign players for the 2024-2025 season.

Samsung has already decided to renew contract with Kofi Coburn, who accompanied him last season as a one-choice foreign player. He has broken up with two-choice Ismael Lane.

Unlike Coburn, who clearly shows strength in inside, Derrickson, who can wield power in attack from outside, will join as a new player with two options. He is also familiar to KBL fans. Derrickson, who played for Samsung during the 2022-2023 season, will make a comeback wearing blue uniform again.

A graduate of Georgetown University, Derrickson also played 11 games in the NBA as a member of the Golden State Warriors. He has a strong physical structure and a long wing span, although he is not very tall. 메이저놀이터

Derrickson, who averaged 18.9 points when he was at KT and 13.8 points when he was at Samsung, is full of two options to support Coburn in terms of skills, but the key is durability.

Derrickson, who entered the KBL for the first time as a member of KT in the 2020-2021 season, complained of dizziness and was replaced by Cliff Alexander after playing in nine games, and when he was playing in the Samsung uniform in the 2022-2023 season, he left the team after 17 games due to a knee injury. He almost joined Goyang Orion as a substitute for the 2021-2022 season, but failed to pass the doping test, which led to his transfer.

If Derrickson can finish the season healthy, Samsung will be able to have a different style of clear weapons than Coburn. How will Sniper Derrickson, who will return to KBL, look this time?