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Pitt G Jamarius Burton Signs with Belgian Team

A second Pitt Panthers guard has signed with a team in Europe.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt G Jamarius Burton Signs with Belgian Team
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PITTSBURGH -- Another former Pitt Panthers guard has signed their first professional contract and will head overseas to play in Europe this fall. 

Jamarius Burton, the unquestioned leader of Pitt's first NCAA Tournament team in seven years, will join House of Talents Kortrijk Spurs of the Belgium Pro Basketball League. 

Two other former ACC stars - Jayden Gardner of Virginia and Paul Atkinson of Notre Dame - will be teammates with Burton this season. The Spurs won the Belgian Division I Championship in 2023 after finishing as the runner-up in 2022. Their season begins in mid-September and runs through May. 

Burton, a transfer from Texas Tech and Wichita State who spent two seasons at Pitt, averaged 12.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game on 40% shooting from the field over 34 minutes per game during the 2021-22 season before making a massive leap in his final season of college basketball.

In 2022-23, Burton averaged 15.2 points, 4.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds per night while shooting 48.8% from the floor on the way to First-Team All-ACC honors.

He had worked out for the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA this spring prior to the 2023 Draft. Burton did not receive an invite to Summer League this past year. 

Last week, his teammate Nelly Cummings signed with AEL Limassol BC in Cyprus on a one-year deal. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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