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Sasu Salin
Salin with Finland during EuroBasket 2017
No. 10 – Lenovo Tenerife
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
BCL
Personal information
Born (1991-06-11) June 11, 1991 (age 33)
Helsinki, Finland
Listed height6 ft 2.8 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2010Espoon Honka
2010–2015Union Olimpija
2015–2017Gran Canaria
2017–2019Unicaja Malaga
2019–presentLenovo Tenerife
Career highlights and awards

Sasu Antreas Salin (born June 11, 1991) is a Finnish professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he plays at the shooting guard position. Salin also captains the Finland national team.

Professional career

Union Olimpija

On August 27, 2010, Salin signed a three-year contract with the Slovenian club Union Olimpija in the EuroLeague.[1][2] On June 20, 2013, he extended his contract with Olimpija for two more seasons.[3]

Gran Canaria

In February 2015, he left Olimpija and signed with Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroCup team Herbalife Gran Canaria for the rest of the season.[4] On June 16, 2015, he re-signed with Gran Canaria for one more season.[5]

Unicaja Malaga

On July 11, 2017, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Unicaja of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.[6]

Lenovo Tenerife

On July 12, 2019, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Iberostar Tenerife in ACB and the Basketball Champions League.[7] On 7 July 2023, Salin renewed his contract with Tenerife again, on a one-year deal with an option for the further year.[8]

On 18 October 2023, in the opening match of the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League against Cholet, Salin scored 7/7 three-pointers in only 8 minutes in the second quarter, helping his side to take the lead after being 19 points short, and ultimately to win the game. Salin finished as a top scorer of the game with 25 points (8/9 behind the 3p line).[9][10]

On 16 December 2023 in a match against Manresa, Salin made his 300th appearance in the Liga ACB.[11]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high  *  Led the league

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Union Olimpija 11 0 5.31 .353 .333 .667 .8 .1 0.4 - 1.8 1.0
2011–12 10 8 25.31 .286 .167 1.000 2.0 1.3 .8 .1 4.4 3.4
2012–13 9 9 24.20 .389 .325 1.000 2.7 1.4 1.2 .2 6.3 7.9
2017–18 Unicaja 28 11 15.56 .318 .305 .722 1.7 1.2 .5 - 5.0 4.2
Career 58 28 16.55 .327 .285 .781 1.7 1.0 .7 .1 4.5 4.1

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Union Olimpija 16 4 26.01 .344 .340 .854 2.4 1.5 1.2 - 10.9 8.4
2014–15 9 6 22.38 .397 .419 .800 3.1 1.1 0.7 - 9.8 10.7
2015–16 Gran Canaria 22 17 22.27 .412 .384 .854 2.7 1.0 0.8 0.0 11.5 9.9
2016–17 16 13 17.45 .469 .474 .955 1.4 0.7 0.8 0.1 9.3 8.6
2018–19 Unicaja 19 8 20.54 .372 .372 .810 2.4 1.2 0.4 0.1 7.1 6.3
Career 82 48 21.54 .396 0.389 0.855 2.4 1.1 0.8 0.0 9.7 8.6

References

  1. ^ "Union Olimpija adds Sasu Salin". Euroleague.net. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Finn Sasu Salin signs with Union Olimpija". talkbasket.net. union.olimpija.com. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Union Olimpija keep Sasu Salin for two more seasons". Sportando.com. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ^ "El Herbalife Gran Canaria se refuerza con Sasu Salin". acb.com (in Spanish). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Sasu Salin remains with Gran Canaria". Sportando.com. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Unicaja adds sharp shooter Salin". Euroleague.net. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Iberostar Tenerife signs Sasu Salin". Sportando. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Sasu Salin renovado". cbcanarias. 7 July 2023.
  9. ^ Lenovo Tenerife 95 - 75 Cholet Basket, championsleaguebasketball, 18 October 2023
  10. ^ The Great Eight: The top numbers of Season 8's opening day championsleaguebasketball, 18 October 2023
  11. ^ Sasu Salin rikkoi upean rajapyykin – ”Pientä ylpeyttä voi tuntea”, basket.fi, 18 December 2023
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