Credit: BNS
UNICS Kazan have announced the signing of 2.13 m center Tonye Jekiri to a one-year deal.
Jekiri represented TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz last season. Prior to that he played for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne.
The Nigerian big man averaged 6.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 8.5 EFF over 18.8 minutes in the EuroLeague last season. He put up 6.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 10.0 EFF over 18.4 minutes in the Spanish Liga ACB.
His new team, UNICS, will compete in the EuroLeague next season as the EuroCup finalists.
Current roster
 | UNICS Kazan | |
| Position | Player | Status |
| PG | Isaiah Canaan (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| PG | Georgy Zhbanov | Contract option +1 |
| SG | Lorenzo Brown (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| SG | Vyacheslav Zaytsev (story) | Signed until 2023 |
| SG | Artem Komolov (story) | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| SG/SF | Dmitrii Uzinskii (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| PF | John Brown | Signed until 2023 |
| PF | Will Thomas (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| PF | Andrey Vorontsevich (story) | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| PF | Evgeny Valiev (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Tonye Jekiri (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Artem Klimenko (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| Coach | Velimir Perasovic (story) | |
| Expired contract | Dimitris Priftis (not coming back), Jordan Morgan (not coming back), Jordan Theodore (not coming back), Jamar Smith, Nate Wolters, John Holland, Okaro White (not coming back), Kostas Kaimakoglou, Evgeny Kolesnikov (not coming back), Pavel Antipov, Pavel Sergeev (not coming back) | |
| Rumored to leave | ||
| Interested | Nigel Hayes (story) | |
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