Aday Mara, De Larrea, Baba Miller… the most Spanish NBA in recent years

ByDavid Mitchell

The NBA This next season it will have five Spanish players. Santi Aldama (Dallas Mavericks) and Hugo Gonzalez (Boston Celtics) will repeat their experience in the best league in the world, while Aday Mara (Oklahoma City Thunder), Sergio from Larrea (Dallas Mavericks) and Baba Miller (Los Angeles Clippers) will face a new stage in the United States.

After missing the Spanish team’s training camp in the August window due to injury, Santi Aldama He will face his sixth season in the NBA, his first away from Memphis. The Canarian power forward begins a new chapter in Dallas with the aim of gaining prominence in the Los Angeles project. Mavericksled by Cooper Flagg.

Hugo Gonzalezat 20 years old, will be the second Spaniard with the most experience in the competition. The Real Madrid youth player will play his second season with the Boston Celtics after a first year as a rookie in which he left good feelings. Now, he will seek to consolidate himself in Joe’s rotation Mazzulla without Jaylen brown and continue growing in the league.

Center Aday Mara, during the preseason with the ThunderMike Stewart/Ap-LaPresse

Aday Mara represents one of the great hopes of Spanish basketball. The Aragonese center, who became the first Spaniard to win the NCAA with the University of Michigan, begins his adventure in the Oklahoma City Thunder after being chosen in position number 12 in the first round of the Draft. After leaving good feelings in the preseason, he will seek to find a place in one of the most competitive teams in the league, a contender, without a doubt, for the ring.

Sergio de Larrea will share a dressing room with Aldama in dallas after becoming champion of the Endesa League with Valencia Basket last season. The 20-year-old point guard from Valladolid, considered one of the great projects of Spanish basketball, makes the leap to the NBA after being selected in position number 25 in the first round of the Draft.

Finally, Baba Miller will face his first opportunity in the Los Angeles Clippersa franchise that is going through a reconstruction phase and that could open the door to young players. The Mallorcan power forward, who stands out for his athletic physique and versatility, will try to earn minutes and leave his mark in the American competition.

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David Mitchell

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