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Spurs sign Livio Jean-Charles

The French big man is set to be one of the many new faces in San Antonio following a busy offseason.

By Mateo Geovanny
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The departure of Boris Diaw will apparently not prevent the Spurs from having a French power forward on their roster during the 2016-2017 season. Today the club officially announced the signing of 2013 draft pick Livio Jean-Charles, who was yet another draft-and-stash prospect for the Silver and Black. Whether Jean-Charles can become a solid contributor to the team in the vein of previous draft-and-stash player Tiago Splitter remains to be seen. Regardless, it's always great when Spurs picks are finally brought to NBA from overseas. Welcome to the Spurs family, Livio!

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The San Antonio Spurs official press release is below:

SAN ANTONIO SIGNS LIVIO JEAN-CHARLES

SAN ANTONIO (July 22, 2016) – The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have signed forward Livio Jean-Charles. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not announced.

Jean-Charles, 6-9/225, was originally drafted by the Spurs with the 28th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. The 22-year-old has spent the last four seasons with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne of the French Pro-A League.  Last season he saw action in 25 games, averaging 5.9 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21.2 minutes while shooting .552 (64-116) from the field and .655 (19-29) from the foul line. In the playoffs he appeared in 11 games, upping his averages to 7.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 25.9 minutes helping lead ASVEL to the French League championship.  Jean-Charles also made eight FIBA Europe Cup appearances, averaging 8.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 23.9 minutes.

Prior to joining Lyon-Villeurbanne, Jean-Charles spent two seasons with Centre Federal du Basket-Ball in the French-NM1 League.

Jean-Charles represented France on the U-20 National Team at the 2012 and 2013 U-20 European Championships.  At the 2013 U-20 Championships, he averaged 17.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists.

In April 2013, Jean-Charles participated in the Nike Hoop Summit where he was named the Most Outstanding Player after a 27-point, 13-rebound effort, leading the World Team to a 112-98 win over the USA Junior Select Team that included current NBA players Karl-Anthony Towns, Joel Embiid and Jabari Parker.

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