Ironi Nahariya strengthened the roster with two Americans

Ironi Rain Nahariya has added two American players to its roster. The team, which is aiming for going back to Israeli Winner League and for a respectable performance in Delasport Balkan League, has signed Stephaun Branch and Dustin Thomas for the new season.

Branch is 196cm tall guard and is coming from Antwerp in Belgium. In the local league he had 9.9 points and 5.0 rebounds in 31 games while in 7 Eurocup games he averaged 9.6 points and 5.4 rebounds. Before that he has played in the NBA G League for Salt Lake City Stars and Ura Basket in Finland before joining Antwerp in December 2019.

Thomas is coming from second division in France where he played for Souffelweyersheim. He played a total of 34 games and averaged 12.3 points and 6.8 rebounds. One interesting fact is that he played together with Branch in the autumn of 2019 when he was a part of Ura Basket in Finland. He finished the season there and was the Nr.1 rebounder in the league.