Okko Järvi, who spent the last two seasons with the Seagulls and led the Helsinki team to its first Finnish championship, will move to the Estonian-Latvian league for the starting season.
Pärnu Sadam has fixed Okko Järve, 28, on its back lines. Tapiolan Hongan grew up playing in the Estonian-Latvian League and the FIBA Europe Cup next season.
During the summer, the contract market does not Okko Järven have progressed further than preliminary explorations. The contract with Pärnu Sadam, on the other hand, came about on a very quick schedule, as the club contacted Järvi on Monday morning and Järvi traveled to Estonia the same evening.
– With really good moods for the new season. Discussions with Pärnu’s new coach Vitaly Stepanovsky were really good and I also got good feedback from him Topias from Palm and From Shawn Hopkinswho Stepanovsky coached a couple of years ago in Romania, Järvi says in the Basketball Association’s press release.
Pärnu Sadami already has Finnish history, because Edon Maxhuni led the team to silver in the Estonian national league in the spring of 2021. Since then, Pärnu has celebrated the Estonian championship in 2022, the Estonian bronze in 2023, and the Estonian-Latvian joint league bronze in 2022.
Järvi is the second Finnish player in the Estonian-Latvian league in the 2024-25 season. In addition to him Severi Kaukiainen represents BC Kalev/Cramo from Tallinn.