The current season is the one with the fewest Spaniards in the NBA in the last 18 years: Santi Aldamawhich just debuted this Monday with the Grizzlies; Usman Garubawhich has not yet been released with the Warriors; y Ricky Rubiowhich remains far from the activity of the Cavaliers trying to overcome his mental health problems. A gloomy outlook that could improve in the not too distant future with a new wave of our talent in the best League in the world.
Some draft forecasts suggest that There may be four Spaniards who appear in the next edition: Izan Almansa, Aday Mara, Baba Miller and Juan Núñez. The figure would already be historic, since The top of the draft is only three Spaniards: Ricky Rubio (5th place), Víctor Claver (22nd) and Sergio Llull (34th) in 2009. But in addition, the four young people mentioned above would be among the first 24 selected.
The list has been prepared by Jonathan Givony, a prestigious ESPN analyst specializing in young talents. In predicting him, Almansa would be ninth, Mara would be twelfth, Miller would be nineteenth and Núñez would occupy twenty-fourth. If that prediction came true, it would be a historic event for Spanish basketball.
Izan Almansa, the MVP hoarder
All four projects are well regarded in the United States. Almansa, an 18-year-old, 2.08-meter forward who plays in the G League Ignitehas gained fame based on hoard MVP awards. He won the U17 World Cup despite the fact that the team lost the final against the United States and those of the U19 World Cup and the U18 Eurobasketalready with Spanish triumph.
His physical ability makes him his best asset to be in draft lottery positions. Few forecasts take him out of the first 14 places.
Aday Mara, in the footsteps of the great UCLA centers
Aday Mara premieres in the early hours of this Tuesday with the historic UCLA. The 18-year-old, 2.21-meter center He is one of the names to watch this season in the NCAA. Without having debuted, he is among the 20 candidates to win the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar award for the best center in the competition. It exploded at the U17 World Cup held in Malagawhere his vision of the game, his passing ability and his great mobility for that height amazed NBA scouts.
He left the Casademont Zaragoza, with which he has yet to resolve his departure, to head to Los Angeles. Over there, following in the footsteps of Jabbar himself, Bill Walton, Kevin Love… He will have more visibility and will be a little closer to his dream of playing in the NBA.
Baba Miller, an elite defender
Baba Miller faces his second season in the NCAA and his first complete one. The 2.11 meter, 19-year-old forward will play at Florida State, where the previous course received a sanction of 16 matches for having accepted to be paid for a flight. Now, after proclaiming U19 world champion and integrated from day one, a lot is expected of him.
There are plenty of conditions, especially defensive, because despite his height he can match up with any rival thanks to his mobility and size. He has a good hand from the three-point range, offensive resources and is a great rebounder.
Juan Núñez definitively explodes in Germany
Y Juan Nunezanother product of the quarry Real Madrid like Almansa and Miller, is being one of the sensations of the German Easy Credit BBL. After six days, the point guard 19 years old and 1.92 meters es the eighth most valued player (20.0), the second in recoveries (3.0), the seventh in assists (5.8) and is scoring 14.4 points per game.
His good performances in some World Cup games, his fast and imaginative basketball and his reading of the game have not gone unnoticed by NBA scouts. In his second campaign on German soil he has become a key player in the Ratiopharm Ulmcurrent League champion, current leader of the competition and one of the best teams in the Eurocup.
2023-11-06 14:58:49
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