US Monastir adds Roll to their roster

- February 11, 2023

POSTED BY: Eurobasket News

Michael Roll

Defending champion US-Monastir (ProA) added to their roster experienced 35-year old Tunisian-American international guard Michael Roll (198cm-92kg-1987, college: UCLA, agency: Octagon Europe). Roll started the season at Paris Basketball in French Betclic ELITE ProA. In two games he recorded 7.0ppg and 2.0apg. He also played 1 game in Eurocup where he averaged impressive 17 points, 5 assists and 1 steal. Roll has been regularly called to Tunisian Senior National Team since 2015.
He is quite experienced player. Roll has played also professionally in Belgium (Antwerp Giants), Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Italy (Milano), Spain (Zaragoza), Turkey (Pinar Karsiyaka, Turk Telekom, Besiktas and Bornova) and The Basketball Tournament (Gutter Cat Gang). He won Israeli Premier League championship title in 2018 and 2019 and the cup in 2006 and 2008. Roll was voted to Eurobasket.com All-Turkish League Honorable Mention back in 2016 and 2017.
He is close to retirement age as a player. It's very possible he may end his playing career at US Monastir.
He graduated from University of California at Los Angeles in 2010 and it is his 13th (hopefully lucky) (!!!) season as a professional player.
On Roll: A very good shooter, with 3pts range, he also reads the game very well when he's on the court. Passes the ball well and can make a lot of little things and all those "intangibles" that can make you win. Not so athletic, but better than expected, he is a tough defender, even thanks to high basketball IQ. Plus, has a winning mentality and yet a good leadership.