Olimpija adds experienced center Zirbes

Sep 28, 2019 by Eurocupbasketball.com Print
Olimpija adds experienced center Zirbes
Just in time for the return of the 7DAYS EuroCup to Slovenia on Wednesday, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana has reenforced its front line by signing experienced center Maik Zirbes for the coming season with an option for one more. Zirbes (2.07 meters, 29 years old) arrives from Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, where he averaged 6.5 points and 3.6 rebounds last season in 14 EuroCup games as a full-time starter. Zirbes has spent five of the last seven seasons in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with Zvezda, Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv and Brose Bamberg, . In 99 career EuroLeague games, he has averaged 8.6 points and 4.6 rebounds. He has also played 44 EuroCup games in that span with Zvezda, Bamberg and FC Bayern Munich. Olimpija will mark its return to the EuroCup by playing Darussafka Tekfen Istanbul at home in Arena Stozice on Wednesday.