Sometimes returning back to an ex team can be the simplest of things like it is spreading butter and jam on toast for breakfast or a hardcore soccer fan refusing to wear a FC Bayern Munich jersey. Players returning back to teams isn´t so usual, but it does happen and especially going back to the Artland Dragons isn´t strange as players like Adam Hess and Brandon Thomas have done it. When it was clear that tyrese Rice wasn´t going to return, how nice was it as the club announced that David Holston would be returning. Holston may only be 167cm and look like a cute teddy bear, but his game is anything but cute, but all  basketball business. In his season with the Dragons, he was the best point guard in the Beko BBL being fourth in scoring, second in assists and second best pass giver in Eurochallenge play. With Artland in the Beko BBL he averaged 15.3ppg), 3.0rpg, Assists-2(5.6apg), 1.3spg, FGP: 49.7%, 3PT: 36.3%, FT: 88.2%; EuroCup Qualifications: 2 games: 6.5ppg, 2.0rpg, 4.5apg; EuroChallenge: 13 games: 12.2ppg, 3.3rpg, Assists-2(6.3apg), Steals-2(1.8spg), FGP: 39.1%, 3PT: 35.2%, FT: 73.9% Who could forget his amazing one on one duel against Je kel Foster where both players kept trading buckets while their teammates were out on a stroll to count if there are more white or black cows. Last season he returned back to Turkey where he had played before his first stay with Artland from 2009-2011. Last season he played for Mersin Buyuksehir Belediyesi (Turkey-TBL) playing 29 games: 14.8ppg, 2.8rpg, 4.2apg, 1.0spg, FGP: 49.1%, 3PT: 37.4%, FT: 79.1%. However it isn´t always that an ex player returns back to his former stomping ground, but Holston seems very comfortable in Quackebruck has another solid supporting cast and it will be interesting to see if he can have similar team success as the first time? “David Holston will be a big factor again with the success of the Artland Dragons with his strong  one on one qualities  and the ability to take control of the game in deciding moments”, stressed basketball agent and ex Artland Dragon Jan Rhodewald. Bonn guard Andrej Mangold remembers Holston from two years ago and agrees that the journey of Artland starts and ends with a strong Holston. “David Holston is surely one of the best point guards in the league and can decide a tight game in important situations which he did against FC Bayern Munich. He is hard to defend, because he is small and quick, but can also nail the three pointer. Holston has gained more experience and the Dragons started very well and are a playoff team. Where Artland ends their seasons will depend on the play of Holston”, warned Andrej Mangold.

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