Hercules announced the acquisition of Mike Henry

After the loss of players came Hercules, who announced the acquisition of Mike Henry (1.98 meters, 30 years).

The American guard/forward, who started this season in the French championship with Salon, has signed a contract until the end of the season

The announcement of Hercules in detail:

“OEM HERACLES announces the agreement with Myke Henry through the end of the current season. The American was born on December 23, 1992 in Chicago. He is 1.98 m tall and plays as a shooting guard and small forward.

He started playing basketball at Orr Academy High School in Chicago and “moved” from there to the University of Illinois. He stayed at his hometown college for two years (2011-2013) and graduated from DePaul (2014-2016). His best year in the US College Championship was his last (2015-2016), in which he had 13.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1 assist in 31 games.

His first team after graduation was Oklahoma City Blue in the G-League in the 2016-2017 season. In 38 games, he had 3.5 points and 1.8 rebounds. He also played for some games in Mexico with Rayos de Hermosillo.

The following year (2017-2018) he shared it in the NBA Development League with Oklahoma City Blue and Memphis Hustle, but also in the NBA where he wore the jersey of the Memphis Grizzlies. He played a total of 38 games with both teams and his numbers were as follows: 16.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.6 steals. He played with the “Bears” in 20 games in the regular season in the world’s top division, scoring 5.4 points and adding another 1.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.6 steals.

The 2018-2019 season found him in Europe for the first time in his career for Irony Nahariya. In 33 appearances in the Israeli league, he has 14.4 points, averaged 5.9 points, provided 2.1 assists and made 1.5 steals.

In the 2019-2020 season, he returned home to play again at Oklahoma City Blue. He played in 36 G-League games with 13.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals.

The Italian Pallacanestro Trieste 2004 was the second stop of his European career last year (2020-2021). In 27 games in Lega A, his numbers were as follows: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals.

This year he started the season at Champagne Chalons-Reims in France with 12.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals in 14 games.

Henry was a member of the US national team. 3×3 who competed in the 2016 World Championships held in China and won the silver medal”.