Baden-Württemberg: playmaker T.J. Shorts says goodbye to Crailsheim

Crailsheim (dpa/lsw) - The most successful thrower in the basketball Bundesliga is leaving the Hakro Merlins Crailsheim. Playmaker T.J. Shorts will look for a new challenge, the club announced on Friday. The 24-year-old American moved from Hamburg to Crailsheim last summer. Last season, Shorts had 20.6 points per game, more than any other player. In mid-March he tore his pectoral tendon in the European Cup and was out until the end of the season.