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Louisville Basketball: Where are they now? Wayne Blackshear

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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We take a look at what former Louisville basketball player Wayne Blackshear is doing with his professional basketball career.

Louisville basketball fans probably remember Wayne Blackshear a National Champion or the guy who dropped 28 points in his last collegiate basketball game against Michigan State in the Elite Eight. However, Blackshear is now overseas playing professional basketball and playing very, very well.

We have seen a numerous amount of former Louisville basketball players trying to make a career overseas. Players like Peyton Siva, Russ Smith, and Trey Lewis are currently playing for their own respective teams across the Atlantic.

Blackshear is now playing for Unieuro Forli and is their starting small forward. Not only is he their starting forward, but he is quite honestly, the best player on their team. Again, just like many other former Louisville basketball players before him.

Through two games this season, he is averaging 35.5 minutes per game, 6 rebounds per game, 2.5 assists per game, and 25.5 points per game. He is the team’s leading scorer and clearly the best three point shooter going 6/13, which is a solid 46.2 percent from three.

Fans should be proud of what he is accomplishing since leaving the University of Louisville. Blackshear played for the Charlotte Hornets’ Summer league team this past summer, but unfortunately didn’t make the team. That’s okay because it looks as though he has found his rhythm for Unieuro Forli.