Anadolu Efes signs Dunston and Brown...

Anadolu Efes signs big men Bryant Dunston of the Greek side Olympiacos and Derrick Brown of the Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban.

The 29-year-old Bryant Dunston stands at 203 cm tall, and plays at center. The 28-year-old Derrick Brown, on the other hand, stands at 201 cm tall, and plays at forward.

Bryant Dunston graduated from Fordham University in 2008 and played respectively at M.Phoebus from South Korea, Aris from Greece, Bnei Hasharon and Hapoel Holon from Israel, Varese from Italy, and Olympiacos from Greece for the last two years.

The prolific player was voted the best defender of the Euroleague in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. Leading Euroleague in blocks in the 2013-14 season with 1.31 blocks per match, Dunston won the Intercontinental Cup in 2013 and the Greek League Title in the 2014-15 with Olympiacos.

Playing in 29 matches in the Euroleague last season, Dunston had 7.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 19:24 minutes per game.

Graduating from Xavier University in 2009, Derrick Brown was picked by the Charlotte Bobcats in the second round of the NBA Draft, and played there until 2012. Heading to the Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban in 2012 for his first experience in Europe, Brown played there until the end of the 2014-15 season.

Winning the Eurocup with Lokomotiv Kuban in 2013, Brown was voted for the Eurocup All-Team in the 2014-15 season.

The American played 18 matches the last season in Eurocup, and had 15.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 27:41 minutes per game.

Anadolu Efes signed two-year agreements with both players.

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