Best of luck to Killian Tillie as he heads back to Europe.
Killian Tillie has signed a 1+1 deal with Unicaja CB Malaga according to Luca D’Alessandro. Unicaja Malaga is based in Spain and plays in the Liga ACB/Basketball Champions League. The first year is locked in and an option is written in the contract to add a second year.
The former Gonzaga standout returned to basketball this summer after 851 days away from the game he loves. Tillie hurt his ankle during a training camp workout with the Memphis Grizzlies and was then waived. He played 54 games with the Grizzlies from 2020-2022 while averaging 3.2 PPG and 1.6 RPG.
In five games with the Boston Celtics at the NBA Summer League, Tillie averaged 8.4 PPG on 48.5 FG%/41.2 3PT%, 3.8 RPG and 1.0 BPG. For not having played competitive basketball since 2022, he did pretty well in Las Vegas. Having the opportunity to play alongside Anton Watson once again brought back some good memories from the 2019-2020 season with the Zags.
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho