Michael Jenkins stays in Italy with Reyer Venezia

Jenkins with Basket Brescia in Italy in 2013.

Guard Michael Jenkins has reportedly signed with Reyer Venezia in Italy, per basketball reporter David Pick. Jenkins is staying in Italy, where he finished the 2016-2017 season playing for Pistoia Basket after starting the season in Greece with Arias Thessaloniki. In Greece, he averaged 11.8 points per game in the Basketball Champions League and 10 points per game in the Greek Heba A1 League.

In 11 games played for Pistoia, he put up 10 points and 3.5 assists per game to close out the season. He will be joining a Reyer Venezia team that won the Serie A Championship last season after finishing second in the regular season with a 21-9 record. Venezia will be the fourth team in Italy for Jenkins, having played for Basket Brescia in 2012-2013 and Pallacanestro Cantu from 2013-2014 in addition to Pistoia last season.

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