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ago 23 2026That makes seven. ASVEL announced the signing of Tremont Waters, the club confirmed without revealing contract length, and the 28-year-old Puerto Rican point guard at 1.80m will face his first EuroLeague season.
His arrival caps a frantic week in Villeurbanne—Crowder, Jackson's renewal, Besson, and now the point guard position—and completes the pattern of the club's summer: proven talent, affordable and with unfinished business, the only possible recipe for an entity rebuilding its roster under financial control.
The leader of a national team
His most brilliant calling card isn't at any club. Waters was the engine of Puerto Rico at the 2023 World Cup, with a remarkable 20.2 points and 9 assists per game, and repeated his starring role at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with 10.3 points. For fans who follow national teams, he needs no further introduction: he's one of the most electric point guards in FIBA basketball.
His last stop was in his home league, with the Gigantes de Carolina, where this summer he averaged 16.3 points, 6.6 assists and 1.9 steals in 35 games.
From the NBA orbit to the Astroballe, passing through Wembanyama
Trained at LSU, Waters began his NBA career with the Boston Celtics, with whom he played 41 games between 2019 and 2021, plus scattered appearances with Toronto and Washington. In the G League he made an immediate impact: Rookie of the Year in 2020 with the Maine Red Claws.
His only European experience until now was the 2022-23 season with the Metropolitans 92, where he posted 18.2 points and 5 assists in the French league sharing a locker room with Victor Wembanyama in his final season before the NBA. Curiously, ASVEL signs two survivors of that team in the same week: Waters and Hugo Besson.
In between, two seasons in China with the Guangdong Southern Tigers and the Shanghai Sharks completed a global scorer's resume that was only missing one box: the EuroLeague, which he now checks off.
