Former Liberty forward Scottie James has signed his first professional contract with the Jobstairs Gieseen 46ers in Germany.
The Jobstairs Giessen 46ers play in the Basketball Bundesliga, the top league in Germany and competing against teams that include Bayren Munich and Alba Berlin. One of the top leagues throughout Europe, the Bundesliga includes former NBA players Alec Brown, Jordan Crawford, Zoran Dragic, Archie Goodwin, Greg Monroe, Demarcus Nelson, and Peyton Siva.
James is one of two Americans to be signed by Jobstairs Giessen this week as UCLA standouut Isaac Hamilton has also signed with the program.
James is the second Liberty player of this past senior class to sign with a professional team, joining former teammate Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz who will be playing for Panteras de Aguascalientes, a Mexican professional basketball team. James is now the 12th player McKay has coached at Liberty to play professionally and sixth since returning to Liberty.
James concluded his Liberty career by being named to the ASUN first-team all-conference for the past two seasons as well as being named the ASUN Tournament MVP in 2019 when he helped lead the Flames to their first of two straight ASUN Tournament titles.
He finishes his Liberty career as one of the best players in school history, currently ranks No. 17 on the all-time scoring list with 1,323 career points and No. 4 on the Flames’ all-time rebounding list with 891 career rebounds.
