Legends Acquire Leon Gilmore III

The Texas Legends have acquired forward Leon Gilmore III from the available player pool.

Gilmore (6-7, 220, Stephen F. Austin) last played with the Wisconsin Herd, seeing action in 29 games (2 starts) of the 2019-20 season.  The Texas native averaged 5.5 points, 2.9 rebounds in 15.6 minutes with the Herd.  Gilmore played two seasons at Stephen F. Austin, averaging 10.6 points, 5.9 rebounds his junior year and earning Southland All-Tournament Team.

As a rookie, Gilmore went overseas joining the BK Jekabpils in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League.  In 13 games (12 starts), he averaged 15.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists and shot 41.6% from outside.