The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

National basketball team stalwart David Nesbitt is on the move again at the professional level.

The 26-year-old forward has inked a new deal with Paulistano Sao Paolo as they make a push toward a Paulista League championship.

Nesbitt joins the club as they prepare for game five of the Semi-finals against Mogi Das Cruzes. After falling behind 0-2 in the best of five series, Paulistano won two consecutive games to force a fifth and deciding game.

Nesbitt played last season for Ciclista Olimpico de La Banda in the Argentinian LigaA.

In 32 games with the club, he averaged 9.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

Earlier in the season, he was also a key component for Goes Montevideo in Uruguay’s (LUB). In 19 games he averaged 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game.

Nesbitt spent the previous season in the Iraqi Superleague with Al Mina. He helped them to win the regular season and make it to the final. He was also voted to Asia-Basket.com’s Iraqi League All-Imports Team and All-Second Team.

Nesbitt has also played professionally in Kazakhstan for Kaspiy Aktau.

A graduate of St Thomas University, he played locally at the high school level with the Catholic High Crusaders before heading to Grayson Junior College.

Nesbitt has been a member of several editions of the Bahamas national team at both the senior and junior levels.

Most recently, he was a member of the 2016 Centrobasket team which finished 7th in Panama. Nesbitt averaged 12.4 points and seven rebounds per game in the tournament.

At the 2015 CBC Championships in Tortola British Virgin Islands, Nesbitt averaged nine points and 7.2 rebounds per game as the team finished with the silver medal.

As a junior, he was a member of the FIBA Americas U-18 Championship team that finished eighth in 2008. At that tournament, Nesbitt averaged 6.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.