Preston Knowles (187 cm, Louisville’11) is taking his game to Croatia this 2017-18 after landing a deal to play for KK Zadar (Croatia-A1). In 2016-17 the 28-year-old American guard was initially with The Flexx Pistoia (Italy-Serie A) but moved to Petrolina AEK Larnaca (Cyprus-Division A) in November 2016. He played one game for them in the FIBA Europe Cup where he scored two points and grabbed two rebounds. Knowles played one game in the Cypriot League and scored eight points. In December Preston headed to Israel where he inked a deal to play for Maccabi Ashdod (Israel-Winner League). In 10 games there, Knowles dropped averages of 10.4 ppg and 3.9 rpg.