{"id":12301,"date":"2014-08-14T04:48:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T04:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/durham-wildcats-of-british-basketball-league-sign-former-great-dane-center-john-puk-2\/"},"modified":"2014-08-14T04:48:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T04:48:23","slug":"durham-wildcats-of-british-basketball-league-sign-former-great-dane-center-john-puk-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/durham-wildcats-of-british-basketball-league-sign-former-great-dane-center-john-puk-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham Wildcats of British Basketball League Sign Former Great Dane Center John Puk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-2454\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"c23\"><span class=\"c22\"><strong>Durham Wildcats of British Basketball League Sign Former Great Dane Center John Puk<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c23\"><span class=\"c22\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/124fc__YJSMHDJLRJAKSFQ.20140813194955.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.viglink.com%3Fkey%3D11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0%26amp%3Bu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.godurhamwildcats.com%252Farticle-63699%253FDB_OEM_ID%253D15800\">DURHAM WILDCAT RELEASE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\"><strong>DURHAM, ENGLAND<\/strong> \u2013 The Durham Wildcats of the British Basketball League (BBL) announced Tuesday that UAlbany Division I career blocks leader <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.viglink.com%3Fkey%3D11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0%26amp%3Bu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ualbanysports.com%252FViewArticle.dbml%253F%2526amp%253BATCLID%253D204826991%2526amp%253BDB_OEM_ID%253D15800\">John Puk<\/a> has signed a professional basketball contract to play in the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\">Puk told the Wildcats, \u201cI am very excited to play in the BBL as I have heard only good things about the league. It\u2019s refreshing to start playing in a different competition and I can\u2019t wait to get started with my new club.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"c24\">The 6-10 center graduated in May from UAlbany as the program\u2019s Division I leader in career blocks with 112. He helped lead the Great Danes to two NCAA Tournament appearances in his four years, and was named to the America East All-Defensive team as a senior. Puk made 132 career appearances and 98 starts for <a class=\"biolink\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.viglink.com%3Fkey%3D11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0%26amp%3Bu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ualbanysports.com%252FViewArticle.dbml%253F%2526amp%253BATCLID%253D857664%2526amp%253BDB_OEM_ID%253D15800\">Will Brown<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif?resize=1%2C1\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ualbanysports.com%2F%2FViewArticle.dbml%3FDB_OEM_ID%3D15800%26amp%3BATCLID%3D209609109\">ALBANY<br \/>Headline News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/124fc__p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albanystudentpress.net\/durham-wildcats-of-british-basketball-league-sign-former-great-dane-center-john-puk\/\">The Albany Student Press<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durham Wildcats of British Basketball League Sign Former Great Dane Center John Puk DURHAM WILDCAT RELEASE DURHAM, ENGLAND \u2013 The Durham Wildcats of the British Basketball League (BBL) announced Tuesday that UAlbany Division I career blocks leader John Puk has signed a professional basketball contract to play in the United Kingdom. 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