Signed in Israel - Signed with Hapol Afula
- Birthdate: 07/31/1991
- Drafted (NBA): Undrafted, 2015
- Pre-draft team: Southern Methodist
- Country: Angola
- Hand: Right
- Agent: Michael Lelchitski (Sports International Group)
| Date | League | Transaction |
|---|---|---|
| 28th November, 2015 | France | Signed for the remainder of the season with Rouen. |
| 11th February, 2016 | France | Left Rouen. |
| 21st February, 2016 | Angola | Signed for the remainder of the season with Petro de Luanda. |
| 12th April, 2016 | Spain | Loaned by Luanda to Murcia for the remainder of the season. |
| 10th August, 2016 | NBA | Signed a partially guaranteed one year minimum salary contract with Toronto. |
| 22nd October, 2016 | NBA | Waived by Toronto. |
| 30th October, 2016 | D-League | Designated as an allocated player by Raptors 905. |
| 3rd May, 2017 | Iran | Signed for the remainder of the season with Naft Abadan. |
| 13th May, 2017 | Iran | Signing cancelled. |
| 13th July, 2017 | Russia | Signed a one year contract with Parma Perm. |
| 5th August, 2018 | Greece | Signed a one year contract with PAOK Thessaloniki. |
| 4th January, 2019 | Greece | Left PAOK Thessaloniki, |
| 5th January, 2019 | Italy | Signed for the remainder of the season with Virtus Bologna. |
| 15th January, 2019 | G-League | Returning player rights traded by Raptors 905, along with Khadeem Lattin, to Northern Arizona Suns in exchange for Derrick Jones Jr. |
| 2008 - 2011 | Primera de Agosto Luanda (Angola) |
| 2011 - 2013 | South Plains (Junior College) |
| 2013 - 2015 | Southern Methodist (NCAA) |
| July 2015 | L.A. Clippers (Summer League) |
| November 2015 - January 2016 | Rouen (France) |
| February 2016 - April 2016 | Petro de Luanda (Angola) |
| April 2016 - June 2016 | Murcia (Spain) |
| July 2016 | Toronto Raptors (Summer League) |
| August 2016 - October 2016 | Toronto Raptors (NBA) |
| October 2016 - May 2017 | Raptors 905 (D-League) |
| May 2017 | Naft Abadan (Iran) |
| July 2017 - June 2018 | Parma Perm (Russia) |
| August 2018 - January 2019 | PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) |
| January 2019 - present | Virtus Bologna (Italy) |
June 18, 2015
Yannick Moreira
Moreira leaves Southern Methodist as a very experienced and much developed player. His awareness and understanding of the pace of the game improved markedly as a senior, and he went from being something of a project to a developed professional player.
Moreira is a fluid and mobile athlete, not a huge leaper or especially explosive but one who moves well and runs the court especially well for a centre. He has also added some muscle to a slightly thin frame, and has skill to go with this profile. Armed with a turnaround jump shot and a quick set-shot from the 15 feet or so area, Moreira also scores with a running righty hook, but can also use a left, and is a good interior passer to boot. He will take a dribble or two from the mid-range area and is always a threat in pick-and-roll situations. Moreira is pretty much entirely a mid-range threat, without the strength to create position in the post and without the range to step any further out, and shoots line-drives free throws poorly that belie his shooting abilities from that area in open play. But he will occasionally flash a spin move in the post and is certainly effective overall offensively, a skilled and smooth big man who presents an option in the half court, and definitely in the full court.
Defensively, the lack of strength again hinders Moreira a bit, and he is a bit soft with his interior defense. He also goal tends quite a lot of shots, and I don't say this because of his one most famous one. He nevertheless competes defensively and is a good paint protector, lively and active, who gets up quickly from standing - the goal tends are the trade-off from the overall good defensive presence.
Were he slightly stronger and slightly more skilled, Moreira would be a sure-fire NBA player. As it is, he's not far short anyway.