Ta'Lon Cooper signs pro deal with German basketball team
Former South Carolina guard Ta’Lon Cooper is heading to Europe.
After a solid college career, with his fifth and final season spent with the Gamecocks, Cooper is signing a deal with MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg, a professional basketball team based in Germany. South Carolina confirmed the news in an X post (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday.
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MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg was originally founded in 1960 and has been in Basketball Bundesliga, which is the highest tier league in Germany, since 1979. The team finished 18-16 and finished in eighth place last season.
As for Cooper, this will be the next step in his pro career after signing an Exhibit-10 deal with the Orlando Magic earlier this summer. He scored six total points in NBA Summer League action with the team in July.
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Cooper transferred to South Carolina before the start of the 2023-24 season and had a fine year. He averaged 9.9 points per game on 48 percent shooting from the field. He shot 45.9 percent from three-point range and averaged 4.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.
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Before becoming a Gamecock, he spent time with Morehead State and Minnesota. For his career, he’s a career 8.8 points per game scorer with 3.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists.
MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg begins the 2024-25 season against the FC Bayern Munich on Sept. 22.
