BC Khimki signed Clay Tucker 2 february 2008

The Moscow Region club signed a 1,5 years contract with the American guard, the best shooter of Italian championship Clay Tucker. This season Tucker started in “TeramoBasket”, scored in average 21 points. The player participated in his first practice in Khimki and was included in entry list for the match with CSKA.

-First impressions are very good. – said Clay TUCKER. – The hall is comfortable, the dressingroom is comfortable, the infrastructure is on a high level, the talented coach’s and players staff.

-We needed to improve the position of point guard. — said the General Director of BC Khimki Victor BYCHKOV. — We are satisfied with Savkov and Fridzon, but we wanted to vary the attack system of our team. Tucker is the best candidate for it. We understand that he need time to accustom himself in new team, but we hope that he will fell at home very soon.


Clay Tucker

Born: Jun 14, 1980
Hometown: Lima, Ohio
Height: 195 cm
Weight: 88 kg
Nationality: USA

Teams played:

Perry High School (1997 – 1999)
Wisconsin Panthers (1999 – 2003)
NBA Development League – Various teams
“TeramoBasket” (Italy, 2007-2008)

Since 1st of February the player of BC Khimki