Guangdong Men’s Basketball Official Announcement: Officially Signed Foreign Player Troy Gillenwater

On October 3, Guangdong Men’s Basketball announced: officially signed foreign player Troy Gillenwater. The original announcement is as follows:

【Official Announcement】Welcome Troy Gillenwater to Guangdong Hongyuan!

Recently, our club has reached an agreement with the foreign player Troy Gillenwater on joining matters. After submitting the registration materials to the CBA company and completing the review and public announcement, Gillenwater will represent Guangdong Dongyangguang team in the new season of the CBA league.

Troy Gillenwater was born in the United States in 1988, standing at 204 cm tall, playing as a power forward.

Gillenwater played for the Shaanxi Xinda team in the NBL for three seasons, leading the team to consecutive championships in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, and winning the Finals MVP title twice.

In 2020, Gillenwater entered the CBA, playing for Shandong team for four seasons. In the 2023-2024 season, he played 45 games for Shandong, contributing an efficient 23.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game in an average of 23.4 minutes, ranking 6th in the CBA player scoring list. During a regular-season game where Shandong defeated Qingdao, Gillenwater scored a personal CBA single-game high of 53 points.

We look forward to Gillenwater quickly integrating into the team and contributing more strength!

Prior to joining Guangdong, Gillenwater played for the Shandong men’s basketball team in the CBA. In the recently concluded NBL finals, Gillenwater’s Anhui Wenyi team lost to the Hong Kong Golden Bulls with a score of 1-4.