Defending champion Lukoil Academic Sofia (NBL) agreed terms with 24-year old international power forward Dimitar Dimitrov. It is actually his comeback to Sofia as he has played here before. Dimitrov just played at Akademik Bulteks 99 Plovdiv in Bulgarian NBL league. In 6 games he had very impressive stats: 16.0ppg, 5.3rpg, 2.3apg and 1.3spg this season. Dimitrov also played earlier that season for Arkadia Lions in Austrian A Bundesliga where in three NBL games he recorded 7.7ppg and 5.0rpg.
The list of the past achievements is quite long as among others Dimitrov won Bulgarian League championship title for two years in a row (2015 and 2016). He was selected to Bulgarian League All-Star Game in 2016.Dimitrov has been also a member of Bulgarian international program for some years. He has regularly played for Bulgarian senior team since 2012 and previously for U16 National Team between 2008 and 2009.Dimitrov also represented Bulgaria at the European Championships U20 in Lignano Sabbiadoro (Italy) two years ago. His stats at that event were 7 games: 1.1ppg.Dimitrov has played previously professionally also in Italy (Rimini)