Besiktas signs James Blackmon

Turkish team Besiktas has signed American guard James Blackmon (193 cm) for the rest of the 2020-21 season. Blackmon was successful last season in the Italian Serie A and the Eurocup, where he defended the colors of Dolomiti Energia Trento.

Before Trento, he also played for another Italian team in the Serie A, Consultinvest VL Pesaro, but that was during the 2018-19 campaign.

James Blackmon was a star as a teenager and played in the HS McDonald’s All American game. In his freshman year in college (Indiana University), he was an All-Big Ten Freshman Team selection. However, he went undrafted in 2017 and then tried to make the NBA via Summer Leagues and G League stints before taking his talents to Europe.