Nathan Adrian’s Rebirth and Derrick Marks’ Arrival: Rimini’s Ambitious Basketball Team

The die is cast, or almost. If Nathan Adrian has the Rebirth under his thumb but hasn’t closed it yet, at least according to director Davide Turci (“he wants a first series and if he stays in A2 Forli will prevail” he says, but perhaps to mislead), from yesterday Derrick Marks, 30 years soon, is the new US exterior of Riviera Banca.

Rimini announced it with satisfaction, underlining that he had beaten the competition from various A2 and A1 clubs, who wanted the former Cento, an expert in the category (five years in the second Italian league) and all in all an excellent player. Safely used like all the other purchases, in short, for the heir of Jazz Johnson who, however, has slightly different characteristics from the elf by now hailed by the red and white company.

Marks, who played, among others, also in Ravenna (with Masciadri), Pistoia and Turin, before his experience in Tramec together with Tomassini, finished with Cento averaging 18 points and 33 percent from the arc, climbed to 20 in the playoffs. Against Rbr he played two excellent games, marked by Johnson himself, compared to whom he is taller (191 cm) and more inclined to play without the ball in his hands. Good at shooting coming out of the blocks, but also capable of building a shot on his own, Ferrari will use him for both two and three, because he has more physicality than his predecessor and can also adapt better in defense. «He’s what we were looking for, a top-level player with quality and impact – the coach describes him – who has been a protagonist since the first Italian season in Tortona, someone who can occupy all the winger spots, who has points and leadership. With his signing, the club confirms its desire to grow and improve, given the squad we are preparing, we are applying to be an outsider in the group».

«I think this new experience in Rimini will do me good – says Marks -. This is an ambitious club and they let me know that I would be a big part of the puzzle in Rimini. I hope to have a strong impact on the team. I believe in history and in the passion that Rimini has always had for basketball. We have everything it takes to have a good season, this team can do great things».

If Adrian signs, Rbr won’t be able to hide: they don’t say it, but they certainly do think about promotion, if you sign the best foreign player and the best Italian of last season, plus one of the 3-4 best USA wingers. The acquisition campaign is therefore now over: Ferrari has had what he wanted, now it will be a question of getting everything to fit together, an ability that the technician has shown to have. And in Rimini they are already dreaming.

2023-07-16 10:05:30
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