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Article: Pride of Lyons leads Sharks' Cup challenge.
- Article from:
- The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England)
- Article date:
- November 23, 2007
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Atiba Lyons is back to put the pride in Sheffield Sharks ahead of tonight's BBL Cup quarter final against Scottish Rocks at the EIS.
Lyons, aged 25, left the club during the summer after one season in the city. He was a target for coach Peter Scantlebury during the summer but chose instead an offer from Israel.
However, after being traded once during the current campaign he was released by Ramat Gan and finds himself on a plane heading back to Sheffield to join up with his new team-mates.
Sharks general manager, John Timms, said Lyons will be a very important addition to Scantlebury's squad:
"Atiba was one of the players we wanted to ...