Dubai Basketball introduced the signing of 27-year-old swingman Matt Ryan on a deal via the top of the 2025-26 season.
The American guard-forward joins the workforce as Dubai appears to be like to enhance its efficiency within the EuroLeague, the place it at the moment sits fifteenth with a 4-6 file.
Ryan has NBA and G League expertise, showing in 82 NBA video games with stints at Boston, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New Orleans, and New York. He averaged 1.5 factors per recreation final season for the Knicks whereas producing 15.5 factors, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists throughout two video games with the Westchester Knicks within the G League.
Ryan’s arrival comes as Dubai seeks extra scoring and flexibility on the wing. The workforce has struggled to take care of consistency within the league, scoring 854 factors whereas permitting 864 via the primary ten video games, leading to a -10 level differential.
The workforce has a number of key contributors, together with Filip Petrusev (15.2 PPG), Dwayne Bacon (16.2 PPG), and Mfiondu Kabengele (13.9 PPG), however consistency has been a difficulty.
