{"id":452417,"date":"2025-07-21T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=452417"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:14:10","slug":"ulm-signs-guard-mark-smith-for-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/ulm-signs-guard-mark-smith-for-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulm signs guard Mark Smith for 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"363\"><strong data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"181\">Mark Smith<\/strong>, a 25-year-old guard standing at 1.93 meters, has signed with <strong data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"262\">ratiopharm Ulm<\/strong> for the 2025-26 season. The club announced the move following his solid year in the Japanese League.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"553\">Smith averaged <strong data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"425\">18.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists<\/strong> in 43 games for Nagasaki Velca. He previously played in Germany with Goettingen, posting 16.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"744\">\u201cHe&#8217;s strong on the boards, plays with intensity, defends and creates for others,\u201d said Ulm sports director <strong data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"685\">Thorsten Leibenath<\/strong>. \u201cHe&#8217;s in his prime and will continue to develop with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">Reboundstarker R\u00fcckkehrer in die BBL \ud83d\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>Nach Stationen in G\u00f6ttingen, Spanien und Japan verst\u00e4rkt der athletische Guard jetzt ratiopharm ulm und bringt Energie, Vielseitigkeit und F\u00fchrungsqualit\u00e4ten mit.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Ulm, Mark! \ud83e\udd73<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u16Gh5WQve\">https:\/\/t.co\/u16Gh5WQve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf7 Swen Pf\u00f6rtner <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vc23pErkPS\">pic.twitter.com\/Vc23pErkPS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ratiopharm ulm (@ratiopharmulm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ratiopharmulm\/status\/1947197938477764639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German club has added the 25-year-old to its roster. 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