UCAM will resume the ACB League without reinforcements on Sunday visiting Real Madrid and on Wednesday it will be the turn of the Champions League
Alejandro Gómez is not suspected of conservatism when it comes to going to market. The phone number of the head of the UCAM squad is one of the most active in the Endesa League circuit, but this time he did not find what he needed. Sito Alonso’s squad needs a power forward to complement Radovic as Ryan Luther is likely to be out until 2023 and Niels Giffey, a striker who has sporadically covered the ‘4’, is already wearing Bayern Munich’s colors in the Euroleague.
But UCAM needs it and half the league needs it. It is the most appreciated piece on the market, that of the power forward who, if possible, does not lack match rhythm, can shoot from the outside, knows European basketball, has a Community passport and, if possible, does not ask much of Change. Posts to ask, those are the search parameters. But the market is currently more complicated than ever for those not playing at the first level, in the case of Euroleague teams.
These early months of competition are the ones that have given each other time to verify the success (or misfortune) of the signing and act accordingly to correct flaws before it’s too late. The big boys eat first, then the kids. And until time moves on, the leftovers that fall off the adults’ table aren’t the most appetizing. Signing in a hurry eventually gets worse, mortgages the near future and leaves no room for maneuver for future opportunities.
An endemic disease that spreads in the Endesa League. UCAM’s latest rival, Joventut, is going through a certain results and identity crisis that forces him to look to the market. They signed Jarrod Jones, a player with a past with Pinar Karsiyaka from that 2018 Champions League quarter-final, to replace the injured William Howard. Jones’ contract is up, Howard is still injured and extra time is offered to the former, who prefers to be without a team as the green-black offer does not reach the compensation he seeks, some far from the level offered. In Manresa, bottom clubs, announced former NBA Jake Layman last week. But he failed the medical and the replacement was Jordan Caroline, a 1.98m power forward who has played in Israel, Taiwan, Italy and Australia.
So, and at least for now on this trip to Madrid, as UCAM continues to monitor the market despite the end of the national team’s break, there will be no news in the squad, but there will be news on the pitch for the men of Sito Alonso. . James Anderson, who was injured in the first Champions League match on October 4 due to a broken calf, returns to the UCAM selection. Frankly, he was already in the last game before the arrival of the ‘FIBA windows’, but with little chance of playing minutes and indeed he was left without jumping onto the field.
Sunday at 12:30 in Madrid, it will be different. James Anderson, the brightest signing of the summer, will once again be sweating in the UCAM shirt to visit the reigning Endesa League champions. And what’s more, he will be able to do it in another position, that of the power forward, one in which he was tested by Sito Alonso just minutes before his injury. With his best version yet to be seen in Murcia, he is the only UCAM to “sign” for this return to the competition, which will continue next Wednesday when the Hungarian Falco arrives at the Palacio de los Deportes
Source: La Verdad
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