London Lightning Sign Jaylon Tate
Published on December 12, 2019 under National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada)
London Lightning News Release
(London, ON) - The London Lightning are pleased to announce the signing of point guard, Jaylon Tate, for the 2019-2020 NBL Canada season. The 6'3 guard joins the Bolts for his 3rd season as a professional and second in the National
Basketball League of Canada. Tate has split time between playing pro in Finland and most recently Latvia since his rookie season in the NBLC where he was named the 2017-18 Rookie of the year. The University of Illinois alum averaged 13.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and a league best 7.6 assists per game in 34 games.
"I'm very excited to be here in London to play for such a great organization. I'm thankful for them giving me this opportunity and I just want to continue to get better day-by-day and bring back another championship to the city and for the great fans here." - Jaylon Tate
"Jaylon adds pace, poise and depth at the guard spot for us. He was rookie of the year and is proven in our league. In order to be successful at this level you need two elite point guards.
We have that and I'm looking forward to seeing where X and Jaylon can push our group too both pace wise and from a leadership standpoint." - Lightning Head Coach Doug Plumb
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