Joel put on the red and blue colors in the summer of 2018 as a promising big man with experience of playing in American college and pro basketball. In his first season Bolomboy helped CSKA win the titles both in EuroLeague and VTB United League as his role on the court was growing gradually. In 95 games for the Muscovites Joel averaged 5.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 0.4 blocked shots in 14.9 minutes.
In the Autumn of 2018 Donetsk-born player obtained Russian citizenship. He played for Team Russia in World Cup and Eurobasket qualifiers.
Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA head coach:
We are happy to have Joel with us. His development is evident and we are looking forward for much more as he has a lot of space to improve. Everybody in the club is happy with him, so we continue our collaboration and we hope to have much more success altogether.
Joel Bolomboy, CSKA forward/center:
I’m extremely excited to remain in the CSKA family! I want to thank Andrey [Vatutin], Coach Itoudis, Natalia [Furaeva], my parents, Russia, [wife] Nicole, [son] Trey, Adam [Pensack, agent], my teammates, coaching staff, medical team and everyone else that made this possible. It’s a blessing and an honor to continue my career here. I have grown as a player and person since day 1 and am excited to be able to continue that. I look forward as this journey continues. CSKA!
