{"id":454748,"date":"2025-08-09T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=454748"},"modified":"2025-08-09T10:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:38:02","slug":"justin-lewis-joins-limoges-csp-to-bolster-the-frontcourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/justin-lewis-joins-limoges-csp-to-bolster-the-frontcourt\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Lewis Joins Limoges CSP to Bolster the Frontcourt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2631\" data-end=\"2986\">Baltimore native <strong data-start=\"2675\" data-end=\"2691\">Justin Lewis<\/strong> is a modern, versatile, powerful, and explosive forward. He developed his game at <strong data-start=\"2774\" data-end=\"2798\">Marquette University<\/strong>, where in the 2021\u201322 season he averaged 16.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 1.7 assists, earning <strong data-start=\"2892\" data-end=\"2936\">Big East Conference Most Improved Player<\/strong> honors before declaring for the 2022 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2988\" data-end=\"3637\">Undrafted, Lewis signed a <strong data-start=\"3014\" data-end=\"3034\">two-way contract<\/strong> with the <strong data-start=\"3044\" data-end=\"3061\">Chicago Bulls<\/strong>, but an injury slowed his progression. The following season, he returned to the <strong data-start=\"3142\" data-end=\"3154\">G League<\/strong> with the <strong data-start=\"3164\" data-end=\"3184\">Windy City Bulls<\/strong> and later the <strong data-start=\"3199\" data-end=\"3223\">Salt Lake City Stars<\/strong> (2023\u201324). To gain further experience, he played in the <strong data-start=\"3280\" data-end=\"3323\">Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL)<\/strong> with the <strong data-start=\"3333\" data-end=\"3350\">Calgary Surge<\/strong>, averaging 13.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game, shooting 38% from three. Last season, he split time in the G League between the Salt Lake City Stars and the <strong data-start=\"3524\" data-end=\"3547\">Delaware Blue Coats<\/strong>, averaging 8.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists with a 36% three-point percentage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3639\" data-end=\"3938\">Lewis has chosen <strong data-start=\"3656\" data-end=\"3671\">Limoges CSP<\/strong> to launch his professional career in Europe, strengthening the frontcourt as a stretch-four capable of spacing the floor. A promising player, strong defender, and boasting an impressive 7\u20191\u201d wingspan (2.16 m), he will bring his skills to <strong data-start=\"3910\" data-end=\"3929\">Dario Gjergja\u2019s<\/strong> squad.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3940\" data-end=\"3957\"><strong data-start=\"3940\" data-end=\"3955\">Statements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3958\" data-end=\"4815\">\n<li data-start=\"3958\" data-end=\"4421\">\n<p data-start=\"3960\" data-end=\"4421\"><strong data-start=\"3960\" data-end=\"3980\">Crawford Palmer:<\/strong> \u201cJustin comes to Limoges CSP to play a key role at power forward. A great athlete who can stretch defenses with his three-point shooting, he\u2019s a versatile player who will help us on both ends of the floor. While he\u2019ll need to adapt to European basketball, he has a strong work ethic and a physical profile well-suited to our league. Together with Kenny Baptiste, Nikola Jovanovic, and Gavin Ware, we should have a very strong frontcourt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4422\" data-end=\"4616\">\n<p data-start=\"4424\" data-end=\"4616\"><strong data-start=\"4424\" data-end=\"4442\">Dario Gjergja:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m very happy to welcome Justin to our team. We hope he will quickly find his place, bring all his qualities, and help us achieve our goals. Welcome to Limoges, Justin!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4617\" data-end=\"4815\">\n<p data-start=\"4619\" data-end=\"4815\"><strong data-start=\"4619\" data-end=\"4636\">Justin Lewis:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m excited to officially join Limoges CSP \u2014 a club with great history and some of the best fans in Europe. I\u2019m ready to get to work and give everything I have for this city!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore native Justin Lewis is a modern, versatile, powerful, and explosive forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":454747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"rumors":[134],"typology":[20,15725],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-454748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betclic-elite","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-ufficiale","typology-comunicato"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/justin-lewis-Limoges.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454748"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=454748"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=454748"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=454748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}