Sasu Salin
Salin with Finland during EuroBasket 2017
No. 10 – Lenovo Tenerife
PositionShooting guard
LeagueLiga ACB
BCL
Personal information
Born (1991-06-11) June 11, 1991
Helsinki, Finland
Listed height6 ft 2.8 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2010Espoon Honka
2010–2015Union Olimpija
2015–2017Gran Canaria
2017–2019Unicaja Malaga
2019–presentLenovo Tenerife
Career highlights and awards

Sasu Antreas Salin (born June 11, 1991) is a Finnish professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he plays at the shooting guard position. Salin also captains the Finland national team.

Professional career

Union Olimpija

On August 27, 2010, Salin signed a three-year contract with the Slovenian club Union Olimpija in the EuroLeague.[1][2] On June 20, 2013, he extended his contract with Olimpija for two more seasons.[3]

Gran Canaria

In February 2015, he left Olimpija and signed with Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroCup team Herbalife Gran Canaria for the rest of the season.[4] On June 16, 2015, he re-signed with Gran Canaria for one more season.[5]

Unicaja Malaga

On July 11, 2017, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Unicaja of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.[6]

Lenovo Tenerife

On July 12, 2019, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Iberostar Tenerife in ACB and the Basketball Champions League.[7] On 7 July 2023, Salin renewed his contract with Tenerife again, on a one-year deal with an option for the further year.[8]

On 18 October 2023, in the opening match of the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League against Cholet, Salin scored 7/7 three-pointers in only 8 minutes in the second quarter, helping his side to take the lead after being 19 points short, and ultimately to win the game. Salin finished as a top scorer of the game with 25 points (8/9 behind the 3p line).[9][10]

On 16 December 2023 in a match against Manresa, Salin made his 300th appearance in the Liga ACB.[11]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high  *  Led the league

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010–11 Union Olimpija 1105.31.353.333.667.8.10.4-1.81.0
2011–12 10825.31.286.1671.0002.01.3.8.14.43.4
2012–13 9924.20.389.3251.0002.71.41.2.26.37.9
2017–18 Unicaja 281115.56.318.305.7221.71.2.5-5.04.2
Career 582816.55.327.285.7811.71.0.7.14.54.1

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Union Olimpija 16426.01.344.340.8542.41.51.2-10.98.4
2014–15 9622.38.397.419.8003.11.10.7-9.810.7
2015–16 Gran Canaria 221722.27.412.384.8542.71.00.80.011.59.9
2016–17 161317.45.469.474.9551.40.70.80.19.38.6
2018–19 Unicaja 19820.54.372.372.8102.41.20.40.17.16.3
Career 824821.54.3960.3890.8552.41.10.80.09.78.6

References

  1. ↑ "Union Olimpija adds Sasu Salin". Euroleague.net. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Finn Sasu Salin signs with Union Olimpija". talkbasket.net. union.olimpija.com. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Union Olimpija keep Sasu Salin for two more seasons". Sportando.com. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "El Herbalife Gran Canaria se refuerza con Sasu Salin". acb.com (in Spanish). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sasu Salin remains with Gran Canaria". Sportando.com. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Unicaja adds sharp shooter Salin". Euroleague.net. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Iberostar Tenerife signs Sasu Salin". Sportando. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Sasu Salin renovado". cbcanarias. 7 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Lenovo Tenerife 95 - 75 Cholet Basket, championsleaguebasketball, 18 October 2023
  10. ↑ The Great Eight: The top numbers of Season 8's opening day championsleaguebasketball, 18 October 2023
  11. ↑ Sasu Salin rikkoi upean rajapyykin – ”Pientä ylpeyttä voi tuntea”, basket.fi, 18 December 2023
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