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2025 Glasora Final Four will feature 25 international players

  • Writer: Māris Noviks
    Māris Noviks
  • 21 hours ago
  • 6 min read

Dontay Caruthers, ENBL Secretary General Edgars Zanders, Isaiah Cousins
Dontay Caruthers, ENBL Secretary General Edgars Zanders, Isaiah Cousins

The 2025 Glasora Final Four teams have registered 25 international players from Europe, Africa and North America.


Nineteen players have American passports, while two of them have multiple passports.

The other two nations are Slovakia and UK.


In total, six players have multiple basketball passports, including two local players with British nationality.


Not counting home nations, like Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and UK, they are citizens of Hungary, Spain, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica and USA.


Last, but not least, represented countries include Sweden, Estonia and Canada.


If not counting double passport holders, extended rosters include five players from Romania, eight players from Poland, seven players from Slovakia and four players from the United Kingdom.


Nations represented: USA (19), Poland (8), Slovakia (7+1), Romania (5+1), UK (4+3), Canada (2), Serbia, Hungary, Spain, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Sweden, Estonia.



CSO Voluntari, Romania: seven international players

Laszlo Polyak, Hungary/Romania

A 31 years old guard from Nyiregyhaza played in his native town until the age of 21.


Polyak represented Targu Mures in Romania (2014-2017) and then returned to homeland, playing for MAFC Budapest, Szolnoki and DEAC Budapest (2018-2023).


Laszlo Polyak earned a silver medal at the 2024 Final Four.


Averages 4.9 points and 1.7 rebounds.


Kodi Justice, USA

A 30 years old shooting guard from Mesa, Arizona played for Arizona State (2014-2018).


Justice is the 37th member of the Sun Devils 1000 points club.


Kodi Justice earned a silver medal at the 2024 Final Four.


Averages 13.2 points and 3.9 assists.


Mike Caffey, USA

A 32 years old guard from Corona, California played for Long Beach State University (2011-2015).


Caffey is the 23rd LBSU player to score over 1000 points in a NCAA career.


A pass first guard, finished high school with 624 assists, a school record.


Majored at Africana studies.


Averages 12.3 points, 6.5 assists and 2.3 steals.


Donovan Ivory, USA

A 23 years old guard from Kaukauna, Wisconsin played for Umass Lowell (2019-2020), Boise State (2020-2021), Green Bay (2021-2022) and Southern Mississippi (2022-2024).

Attended Kaukauna high school.


Averages 6.3 points and 3.0 rebounds.


Justin Edler-Davis, USA

A 27 years old small forward from San Diego, California played for California State University at Bakersfield (2016-2022).


Earned a bachelor`s degree in communications.


Became the fourth Runner to tally 1000+ points and 600+ rebounds in a career.


Earned President`s award, highest student-athlete honor at CSUB.


Averages 13.2 points and 3.9 assists.


Lee Edward Skinner, USA

A 32 years old forward from Lombard, Illinois played for Wofford College (2011-2015).


Skinner was a wide receiver on the Glenbard East football team, was named all conference.


Named 2015 Southern Conference tournament Most Outstanding Player.


Has played in 2014 and 2015 NCAA tournaments.


Averages 9.7 points and 3.6 rebounds.


Lewis Sullivan, USA

A 29 years old forward from Hazel Green, Alabama played for University of Alabama at Birmingham (2014-2019).


Finished seventh all time in UAB history with 54.1% shooting percent.


Averages 16.2 points and 6.2 rebounds.



Dziki Warszawa, Poland: six international players

Denzel Andersson, Sweden

A 28 years old forward has played for Lulea (2015-2020), Stal Ostrow (2020-2022) and Bilbao Basket.


Won Swedish championship in 2017.


Averages 9.9 points and 2.9 rebounds.


Alijah Comithier, USA

A 24 years old guard from Cibolo, Texas played for NCAA 2 team Emporia State University (2022-2024).


Scored series winner in his ENBL debut against Bamberg Baskets on March 19, 2025.


John Fulkerson, USA

A 27 years old forward from Kinsgport, Tennessee played for Tennessee (2016-2022).


Won SEC tournament in 2022.


Received his master`s degree in Agricultural leadership, education and communications.


Has averaged 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds in three games.


Janari Joesaar, Estonia

A 31 years old guard/forward was born in Kajaani, Finland.


He played for Ole Miss (2013-2014) and University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (2014-2015).


Averages 11.5 points and 4.4 rebounds.


Nikola Radičevič, Serbia/Spain

A 30 years old point guard was selected by the Denver Nuggets at the 2015 NBA draft with 27th pick.


Radičevič was a teammate of Kristaps Porziņģis at Real Betis Sevilla – a Latvian often stayed late after practice to develop his skills with Serbian guard.


Has averaged 12.7 points and 6.0 assists in three games.


Andre Wesson, USA

A 27 years old forward from Westerville, Ohio played for Ohio State (2016-2020).


Father Keith lettered at Ohio State from 1983-1987 and played in 115 career games.


Averages 10.7 points and 2.3 rebounds.



Inter Bratislava, Slovakia: five international players

Trent Buttrick, USA

A 26 years old forward from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania played for Penn State (2017-2021) and University of Massachusetts (2021-2022).


Played four seasons in the Big Ten conference and one season in Atlantic 10.


Has averaged 14.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in two games.


Isaiah Cousins, USA

A 31 years old guard from Mount Vernon, New York State played for University of Oklahoma (2012-2016).


Played in four NCAA tournaments and led Sooners to their first Final Four appearance in fourteen years and fifth overall (1939, 1947, 1988, 2002, 2016).


Isaiah Cousins is the Most Valuable Player of the 2024-2025 regular season in a vote by coaches, general managers and league executives.


Cousins led the ENBL in scoring – he scored 25 or more points in five games.


Guard hit a game winning three pointer in a 103-101 road win at Basket Brno on October 15, 2024.


Averages 20.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists.


Dontay Caruthers, USA

A 29 years old guard from Rochester, New York State played for Midland CC (2014-2015), sat out for Indian Hills CC (2015-2016) and played for University of Buffalo (2016-2019).


Caruthers was named the first ever ENBL Defensive Player of the Year.


Caruthers set a new ENBL scoring record – he had 41 points on 15/24 shooting from the field and 8/9 from the charity stripe in a 94-79 home win against Keila Coolbet on January 15, 2025.


He led the ENBL in assists per game.


Averages 19.8 points and 7.4 assists.


Shamiel Stevenson, Canada

A 26 years old guard from Toronto, Ontario played for Pittsburgh (2017-2019), Nevada (second semester of 2019) and Big Ten school Nebraska (2019-2022).


A criminology and criminal justice major at Nebraska.


Has averaged 20.8 points and 3.0 steals in four games.


Rodney Gunn Jr, USA/Slovakia

A 25 years old forward from Columbia, South Carolina played for NCAA 2 sc

hool Lenoir-Rhyne (2017-2021) and Division One school Duquesne (2021-2023).

Missed the 2022 season with an ankle injury.


Averages 16.0 points and 6.3 rebounds.



Newcastle Eagles, United Kingdom: seven international players

Mike Okauru, USA

A 26 years old shooting guard from Raleigh, North Carolina played for Florida (2017-2019) and University of North Carolina at Wilmington (2019-2022).


Invited to try out for Nigerian National team in summer of 2021.


Nickname – Money Mike.


Averages 14.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists.


Seneca Knight, USA

A 25 years old guard from Lafayette, Louisiana played for San Jose State (2018-2021), Louisiana State University (2021), Brigham Young University (2021-2022) and Illinois State University (2022-2023).


Reached NIT quarter-finals with BYU.


Played for Valmiera Glass ViA in his first pro season (2023-2024).


Averages 13.2 points and 5.1 rebounds.


Cole Long, Canada

A 28 years old small forward from St. Johns, Newfoundland played for University of Detroit Mercy (2016-2019).


Has played in Norway, Canada and Sweden.


Averages 7.7 points and 3.9 rebounds.


Malcolm Delpeche, USA/UK

A 29 years old center from Wilmington, Delaware played for NCAA 3 school Bates College (2013-2017).


Delpeche reached semi-finals of the 2015 NCAA 3 championship.


Has played in Germany and UK.


Averages 6.7 points and 3.1 rebounds.


De`Sean Allen-Eikens, USA

A 25 years old forward from Williston, North Dakota played for University of North Dakota (2018-2021), University of New Orleans (2021-2022) and California State University at Northridge (2022-2024).


Earned Big West first team and Big West All-Tournament team honors in 2024.


Averages 13.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists.


Trey Pulliam, USA

A 26 years old guard from Bryan, Texas played for NJCAA school Navarro College (2017-2019) and San Diego State (2019-2022).


Has averaged 13.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists in two games.


Christian James, USA

A 28 years old guard from Houston, Texas played for the University of Oklahoma (2015-2019).


Reached NCAA championship Final Four in his freshman season together with Isaiah Cousins.


Has played in Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Uruguay and Venezuela.


Averages 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists.



International players at the ENBL Final Four

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