{"id":452418,"date":"2025-07-21T15:19:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=452418"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:19:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:19:36","slug":"london-lions-retain-forward-aaryn-rai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/london-lions-retain-forward-aaryn-rai\/","title":{"rendered":"London Lions retain forward Aaryn Rai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"358\"><strong data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"163\">Aaryn Rai<\/strong>, a 27-year-old forward standing at 1.97 meters, will continue with the <strong data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"251\">London Lions<\/strong> for the 2025-26 season. The club announced the deal on Sunday after his <strong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"357\">MVP season in the British SLB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"521\">Rai has won the <strong data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"390\">BBL Trophy<\/strong> with the <strong data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"420\">Cheshire Phoenix<\/strong> and a <strong data-start=\"427\" data-end=\"441\">CEBL title<\/strong> with Niagara in 2024. He also played for Hemel Storm and Scarborough in Canada.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"655\">The upcoming season will mark Rai\u2019s debut in the <strong data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"587\">BKT EuroCup<\/strong>, bringing athleticism and experience to London\u2019s European campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aaryn Rai will be part of the London Lions squad for the 25\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s SLB Molten MVP.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s run it back. \ud83e\udd81<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Buy early bird season tickets now via Ticketmaster<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LondonLions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LondonLions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreLondon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreLondon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AarynRai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AarynRai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zb3xKE7KsH\">pic.twitter.com\/zb3xKE7KsH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 London Lions Basketball (@LondonLions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonLions\/status\/1946889271773671837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 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 British SLB MVP stays with London for another year. 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