{"id":806065,"date":"2026-07-17T12:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/806065\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:25:11","slug":"dubai-basketball-officially-add-elie-okobo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/806065\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Basketball officially add Elie Okobo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Basketball officially sign French guard Elie Okobo on a multi-year deal. The proven EuroLeague guard joins Dubai alongside Monaco teammate Jaron Blossomgame.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/3359-dubai-basketball.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dubai Basketball<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/dubaibasketball.com\/basketball\/dubai-basketball-signs-french-championship-mvp-elie-okobo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">officially added<\/a> French guard <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/23004-elie-okobo.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elie Okobo<\/a> on a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Okobo last played for AS Monaco, where he averaged 11.2 points, 4.8 assists and 2.4 rebounds in 25 minutes of play. The guard has consistently proven himself as a reliable presence on the court as he has recorded his highest EuroLeague career assist average last season.<\/p>\n<p>Okobo spent the last five seasons with AS Monaco and a year with LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne before that.<\/p>\n<p>He has appeared in 182 EuroLeague games throughout his career. Last season in December he had one of his best performances against Paris Basketball where he scored 26 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and recorded 39 PIR.<\/p>\n<p>He joins Dubai alongside his Monaco teammate Jaron Blossomgame, as the ABA League champions look to build a powerhouse in the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-442310-any780x600.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/>  Dubai Basketball    Position Player Status   PG McKinley Wright IV (<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-251136-dubai-extends-mckinley-wright-contract.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a>) Signed until 2029   PG Elie Okobo (<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-252195-dubai-basketball-officially-add-elie-okobo.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a>) Multi-year   PG\/SG Kosta Kondic N\/A   SG Klemen Prepelic Signed until 2028   SG\/SF Dzanan Musa Signed until 2028   SF\/SG Dwayne Bacon\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-250916-dubai-signs-contract-extension-with-dwayne-bacon.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a>) Signed until 2028   SF Awudu Abass Expiring (Rumored Out)   SF Nemanja Dangubic Signed until 2027   SF\/PF Jaron Blossomgame Signed until 2028   SF Justin Anderson Expiring   PF Davis Bertans Signed until 2028   PF\/C Filip Petrusev Signed until 2028   C Kenan Kemenjas Signed until 2027   C Mam Jaiteh Signed until 2028   C Mfiondu Kabengele (<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-251421-dubai-signs-new-deal-with-one-of-euroleagues-top-centers.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a>) Signed until 2028   Coach Xavi Pascual (signed until 2029)   Expiring Justin Anderson   Left Nate Mason, Bruno Caboclo, Taran Armstrong, Boogie Ellis, Matt Ryan, Aleksander Sekulic, Aleksa Avramovic (<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-252146-aleksa-avramovic-leaves-dubai-basketball-joins-bahcesehir.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">loaned to Bahcesehir<\/a>)   Potential Departures Awudu Abass   Signed Jaron Blossomgame, Xavi Pascual, Elie Okobo   Incoming deals Justin Anderson, Mamadi Diakite, Davion Mintz, Simonas Lukosius (will be loaned out), Kevin Kokila (will be loaned out)   Targets \u00a0    <\/p>\n<p>More Dubai transfer news:<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_7\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for reading us! 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