Iberostar Tenerife Transfer Watch
The latest addition to the Iberostar Tenerife roster for 2020-21 is shooting guard Spencer Butterfield, who spent last season at Nanterre. The 28-year-old sharpshooter averaged 10.6 points on an eye-popping 51 percent three-point shooting in the French Jeep Elite league, with 8.9 points and 1.5 assists per game in the Eurocup.
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— Iberostar Tenerife (@CB1939Canarias) October 14, 2020
😍📸¡Chico nuevo en la oficina!
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Earlier, Tenerife had secured the services of 26-year-old power forward Tyler Cavanaugh, who arrived from newly-crowned German champions Alba Berlin. Cavanaugh averaged 9.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in the Bundesliga.
The 26-year-old Dejan Todorovic, who averaged 9,6 points (on 42,5 percent three-point shooting) 3,3 rebounds and 1,4 assists per game with Morabanc Andorra in the 2019-20 Spanish Liga Endesa was another of Tenerife's big summer signings.
On September 6 though the unfortunate winger suffered a tear in his left knee ACL in preseason action and Tenerife temporarily recalled from loan youngster Alberto Cabrera, who will step in for Todorovic during a few weeks before returning to LEB Plata club Zornotza.
The first ever BCL champions also secured the return of Aaron Doornenkamp, who was a member of that triumphant 2016-17 Tenerife side. The veteran forward is coming back to the island club after spending the last three seasons at Valencia Basket.
Tenerife have signed two more well-versed in the Spanish Liga Endesa players, in point guard Bruno Fitipaldo and big man Emir Sulejmanovic, who arrive from BCL rivals San Pablo Burgos and Bilbao Basket, respectively.
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— Iberostar Tenerife (@CB1939Canarias) July 14, 2020
Tenerife, who announced in May that they will retain the services of head coach Txus Vidorretta until the end of 2022-23 season, have also penned contract extensions with the star duo of Marcelinho Huertas and Georgi Shermadini and Spanish international Dani Diez.
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— Iberostar Tenerife (@CB1939Canarias) June 3, 2020
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Other key players such as Finnish international Sasu Salin, Georgios Bogris, Fran Guerra and Alex Loped are under contract for the 2020-21 season, so Tenerife maintain an important part of their core, in contrast with the almost complete overhaul their roster underwent in the summer prior to the 2019-20 season.