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Tskitishvili signs in Japan

Link Tochigi Brex (Japanese NBL) signed 32-year old Georgian ex-international power forward Nikoloz Tskitishvili. Tskitishvili spent the pre-season at the Clippers in NBA. The last season he played at Champville (Division A) in Lebanese league. In 29 games he had very impressive stats: 21.0ppg, 11.6rpg, 2.1apg and 1.1bpg. He helped them to make it to the semifinals. Great season as he was voted Asia-Basket.com All-Lebanese League Center of the Year, Import of the Year and named to 1st Team.
In 2013-14 Tskitishvili played at Al Sharjah (D1) in UAE league, while the two previous seasons he played in Iran, first with Mahram, then with  Foolad Mahan.  He contributed to his team Mahram winning the league title. A very spectacular season in his career as he was named to Asia-Basket.com All-Iranian Superleague 1st Team.
In 2002 Tskitishvili was drafted by Denver Nuggets (NBA) as #5 pick overall. He was also a member of Georgian international program for some years. Tskitishvili played for Georgian Senior National Team between 2000 and 2013 and previously for U20 National Team back in 2001. He also represented Georgia at the European Championships in Slovenia two years ago. He has played also professionally in Greece (Panionios), Italy (BancaTercas), Russia (Spartak Primorie Vladivostok), Spain (Sevilla, Baloncesto Fuenlabrada and Gipuzkoa) and NBA (New York Knicks).