Trevor Mbakwe pens with Zenit

Trevor Mbakwe Trevor Mbakwe (207 cm, Minnesota’13) is set to strengthen the frontcourt of Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia-VTB) this 2016. Trevor is a Nigerian-American player who was recently added to the Nigerian national team this year. He moves to the Russian club after starting the season with Unicaja Malaga (Spain-Liga Endesa).

He spent the 2015-16 season playing for Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel-Winner League). Mbakwe played 10 games for his former team in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague where he posted averages of 6.9 ppg and 8.0 rpg. He also played five games in the Eurocup and there he produced averages of 11.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg. In 28 games in the domestic Israeli league Trevor managed averages of 8.8 ppg and 7.2 rpg.

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