ISTANBUL — Fenerbahçe has added important veteran expertise and championship pedigree by signing Will Clyburn. Clyburn, who most not too long ago competed for FC Barcelona, brings a résumé stuffed with elite-level accolades throughout Europe’s prime leagues.
Clyburn’s journey to the highest of European basketball started after a collegiate profession on the College of Utah and Iowa State. After skilled stints in Germany with ratiopharm Ulm and in Israel with Hapoel Holon, he first arrived in Istanbul for the 2016-17 season with Darüşşafaka. Nevertheless, it was throughout his five-season tenure with CSKA Moscow that he solidified his standing as a celebrity, successful the 2018-19 EuroLeague championship and incomes the Closing 4 MVP award.
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A confirmed winner, Clyburn has additionally secured three VTB League titles, a Turkish League championship with Anadolu Efes, and an Italian league title with Virtus Bologna. Final season with Barcelona, he remained a pressure on the court docket, averaging 13.8 factors, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists within the EuroLeague. The membership has expressed its pleasure for this new partnership, wanting ahead to attaining many successes with Clyburn within the “iconic striped jersey.”
Constructing on the momentum of the Clyburn signing, Fenerbahçe additionally introduced on July 7 that Talen Horton-Tucker shall be a on the roster for the 2026-27 season. This extension ensures the retention of a participant who turned a cornerstone of the crew’s offensive technique through the earlier marketing campaign.
Horton-Tucker’s first season in European basketball was nothing wanting spectacular. In 41 EuroLeague appearances, he averaged 15.7 factors, 3.8 rebounds and a couple of.2 assists, incomes a variety to the All-EuroLeague Second Crew. His explosive scoring was a major driver behind the crew’s profitable push to the EuroLeague Closing 4.
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His influence was equally felt on the home entrance. In the course of the 2025-26 Türkiye Sigorta Basketball Tremendous League season, Horton-Tucker averaged 13.2 factors and three.4 rebounds throughout 31 video games, taking part in a significant function in Fenerbahçe’s league championship victory. He additionally helped the crew sweep the home trophies, ending the season with each the Presidential Cup and the Turkish Cup titles.
With the addition of Clyburn’s veteran management and the retention of Horton-Tucker’s dynamic scoring, Fenerbahçe Males’s Basketball seems poised for one more historic season on each the home and European levels.