{"id":145801,"date":"2025-09-15T20:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/145801\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T20:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:55:09","slug":"taipans-complete-roster-with-signing-of-dynamic-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/145801\/","title":{"rendered":"Taipans complete roster with signing of dynamic guard"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cairns Taipans\u2019 NBL26 roster is locked in after the club officially announced the signing of guard Andrew Andrews to a one-year deal on Monday.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old US point guard joins the Snakes after Ashton Hagans\u2019 deal fell through at the request of his management, due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n

Born in Portland, Oregon, Andrews played his college hoops with the Washington Huskies, where he was named first-team All-Pac-12 during his senior season.<\/p>\n

After going undrafted in 2016, Andrews spent time with the Los Angeles Lakers (Summer League) and Charlotte Hornets (pre-season) before signing with Turkish outfit, Best Balikesir.<\/p>\n

Since then, Andrews has enjoyed successful stints with the Delaware 87ers (NBA G-League), VEF R\u012bga (Latvia), Hapoel Afula (Israel), B\u00fcy\u00fck\u00e7ekmece (Turkey), Maccabi Haifa (Israel), Dar\u00fc\u015f\u015fafaka (Turkey), T\u00fcrk Telekom (Turkey), Frutti Extra Bursaspor (Turkey), Panathinaikos (Greece), Joventut (Spain) and most recently, Wolves Twinsbet (Lithuania).<\/p>\n

\u201cAndrews was a player we explored few months back, but we pivoted in a different direction as he had some prior commitments that would rule him out for the pre-season,”\u00a0head coach Adam Forde said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, as soon as we knew that we had to recruit another point guard \u2013 the call to his agent was the first one I made. I\u2019m glad everything has fallen into place as he\u2019s ready to make an instant impact. <\/p>\n

\u201cAndrews brings a decade of international basketball experience playing at the highest-level throughout Europe, and he\u2019ll adapt to the NBL quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a pro\u2019s pro, I know he\u2019ll slot in with this team and we are excited to have him join the group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrews and his fellow imports, Admiral Schofield and Marcus Lee, join the likes of Jack McVeigh, Sam Waardenburg, Reyne Smith, Alex Higgins-Titsha, Kyrin Galloway, Kyle Adnam, Kody Stattmann, Mawot Mag, Jed Richardson and Lloyd McVeigh on what is expected to be an exciting Taipans team, who tip-off their season on Saturday, September 20 against South East Melbourne at John Cain Arena.<\/p>\n

That opening round fixture gets underway at 5.30pm AEST via ESPN.<\/p>\n

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