American Forward/Center Joshua Heytvelt signed for Virtus Roma until the end of this season. Rome has been looking for additional inside players, and the American who finished his season with Turkish Bursa will join Lottomatica who was ranked sixth at the end of the Italian regular season.
Heytvelt has averaged 17.3PPG, 10RPG and 1.4APG in the Turkish League for Oyak Renault Bursa. Heytvelt joins Darius Washington who signed for Rome earlier this month.