The Chiba Jets, playing their first season in the National Basketball League (NBL) after defecting from the rival bj-league, have signed Senegalese center Faye Pape Mour, the team announced on Friday.
The chiseled 25-year-old Mour played the past two seasons for the Yokohama B-Corsairs, helping then-coach Reggie Geary's club win a bj-league title in May. Geary, a former University of Arizona and NBA guard, now coaches the Jets, who are 4-8 with eight straight losses.
To make room for the 200-cm Mour on the Jets roster, they parted ways with well-traveled forward Reggie Okosa, who suited up for the bj-league's Iwate Big Bulls last season.