Official: former Nets guard Armoni Brooks signed with Olimpia Milan in Italy
Olimpia Milan has reached an agreement until the 2025/26 season included with guard Armoni Brooks, 1.91 mt tall, born in Waco, Texas, on June 5, 1998, coming from the Ontario Clippers of the G-League. “I am super excited to join the Olimpia Miano family. Playing for an historic club like this is such a great honor that I can’t wait to come to Italy and compete in one of the best leagues in the world and play against some of the best competition there is in this sport. I feel blessed to have been given this great opportunity and I will give my best each and every day to make sure we win as many games as possible.”, he said.
HIS CAREER – Armoni Brooks played at McNeill High School near Austin, Texas, before enrolling at Houston University under Coach Kelvin Sampson. For the Cougars, he played three years. During the second he averaged 9.3 points per game shooting 41.9 percent on threes; during the third year, the only one he was part of the starting line-up, he averaged 13.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game while shooting 39.0 percent on threes. In 2019, he declared for the NBA draft but was not selected. He eventually signed for the Atlanta Hawks but after being released he played for their G-League affiliate (the College Park Skyhawks). The following season he played for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, and then made his NBA debut in Houston. In the span of three seasons, he played for three different NBA teams (after the Rockets, Toronto and Brooklyn) with 84 appearances on the court and 6.6 points per game on average. Last season, after 10 games with Brooklyn, he played in the G-League first for Long Island and then for Ontario. In the G-League, he has 116 regular season appearances and 30 Showcase appearances with 13.6 points per game, and 38.4 percent shooting from three on 7.4 attempts per game.
NOTES – During the 2017/18 season he was named sixth man of the year in the AAC conference playing for Houston. In 2018-19, he was included in the All-conference second team and first All-AAC tournament team.
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