Sasu Salin

Sasu Salin
Sasu Antreas Salin (born June 11, 1991) is a Finnish professional basketball player for Lenovo Tenerife of the Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) he plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. Salin also captains the Finland national team.
Professional career
Union Olimpija
On August 27, 2010, Salin signed a three-year contract with the Slovenian club Union Olimpija in the EuroLeague. On June 20, 2013, he extended his contract with Olimpija for two more seasons.
Gran Canaria
In February 2015, he left Olimpija and signed with Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroCup team Herbalife Gran Canaria for the rest of the season. On June 16, 2015, he re-signed with Gran Canaria for one more season.
Unicaja Malaga
On July 11, 2017, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Unicaja of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
Lenovo Tenerife
On July 12, 2019, Salin signed a two-year deal with Spanish club Iberostar Tenerife in ACB and the Basketball Champions League. On 7 July 2023, Salin renewed his contract with Tenerife again, on a one-year deal with an option for the further year.
On 18 October 2023, in the opening match of the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League against Cholet, Salin scored 7/7 three-pointers in only 8 minutes in the second quarter, helping his side to take the lead after being 19 points short, and ultimately to win the game. Salin finished as a top scorer with 25 points (8/9 behind the 3p line).
Career statistics
EuroLeague
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| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:left;"| Union Olimpija
| 11 || 0 || 5.31 || .353 || .333 || .667 || .8 || .1 || 0.4 || - || 1.8 || 1.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12
| 10 || 8 || 25.31 || .286 || .167 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 1.3 || .8 || .1 || 4.4 || 3.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13
| 9 || 9 || 24.20 || .389 || .325 || 1.000 || 2.7 || 1.4 || 1.2 || .2 || 6.3 || 7.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18
| style="text-align:left;"| Unicaja
| 28 || 11 || 15.56 || .318 || .305 || .722 || 1.7 || 1.2 || .5 || - || 5.0 || 4.2
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
|
| 58 || 28 || 16.55 || .327 || .285 || .781 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .7 || .1 || 4.5 || 4.1
EuroCup
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Union Olimpija
| 16 || 4 || 26.01 || .344 || .340 || .854 || 2.4 || 1.5 || 1.2 || - || 10.9 || 8.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15
| 9 || 6 || 22.38 || .397 || .419 || .800 || 3.1 || 1.1 || 0.7 || - || 9.8 || 10.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Gran Canaria
| 22 || 17 || 22.27 || .412 || .384 || .854 || 2.7 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 11.5 || 9.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17
| 16 || 13 || 17.45 || .469 || .474 || .955 || 1.4 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 9.3 || 8.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19
| style="text-align:left;"| Unicaja
| 19 || 8 || 20.54 || .372 || .372 || .810 || 2.4 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 7.1 || 6.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
|
| 82 || 48 || 21.54 || .396 || 0.389 || 0.855 || 2.4 || 1.1 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 9.7 || 8.6
References
External links
Sasu Salin at acb.com
Sasu Salin at eurobasket.com
Sasu Salin at euroleague.net
Sasu Salin at fiba.com
1991 births
Living people
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
ABA League players
Baloncesto Málaga players
Basketball people from Helsinki
CB Canarias players
CB Gran Canaria players
Espoon Honka players
Finnish expatriate basketball people in Spain
Finnish men's basketball players
KK Olimpija players
Liga ACB players
Point guards