Jack Eggleston: Last piece of the puzzle

Former Penn big man Jack Eggleston is off Germany, beginning his pro career with the Bayer Giants of Leverkusen. The Giants put up a notice on their website welcoming Eggleston, and thanks to Google Translate, we can all enjoy it without any knowledge of German. Also thanks to Google Translate, it is hilarious:

Captain Jack rises on board!

Jack Eggleston (Photo: University of Pennsylvania)

Now it's official: the Bayer Giants Leverkusen increase with the Americans Jack Eggleston and therefore have the last piece of the puzzle of the squad for the 2011/2012 season set.
The 23-year-old power forward is to give the GIANTS in the defense more presence under the basket and make the campaign even more versatile, "Jack is a good thrower, rebounder and passer this he is an intelligent player who has all his energy for that. team are, "says Bayer coach Achim Kuczmann about the new signing and said:" We now have a good team together and are still difficult to calculate. "

Jack Eggleston was convincing in the last Division 1 season, averaging 13.2 points and eight rebounds per game. In addition, the new giant hit heavily from a distance: 45 percent from beyond the three-point line. After four years at the University of Pennsylvania is the first European stop of the Leverkusen 2.04 m big U.S. boys.