Generali Okapi Aalstar (Ethias League) inked 33-year old naturalized American forward Ian Hanavan. He has played for the last two years at Stella Artois Leuven Bears (Ethias League). In 29 games he recorded 11.7ppg, 4.8rpg, 1.2apg and 1.9spg (in top 5) last season. Among other achievements Hanavan's team made it to the Belgian Cup Final Four in 2012. He received also Eurobasket.com All-Cyprus League Bosman Player of the Year award in 2011. Hanavan is a very experienced player. He has played also professionally in Czech Rep., Holland (Almere), Cyprus (Apoel) and Czech Republic (CEZ Nymburk). Hanavan attended University of Evansville until 2003 and it will be his eleventh season in pro basketball.
His game is described as: IIan is a very versatile player being able to play on both ends of the floor. His 'do whatever it takes' attitude and ability to guard any position on the floor makes him an asset on any team. He has great basketball intelligence and is able to read the game quite well. He plays to win and leads by example. He's a leader!.
(Courtesy of Eurobasket.com)