Okeke joins Madrid’s injured list

Chuma OkekeAmerican power forward for Real Madridis out at the last minute for this Sunday’s match, corresponding to matchday 7 of the Endesa League, against UCAM Murcia at the Movistar Arena and his place will be taken by youth player Pablo Mera.

Even though Pedro Martinez had to decide between one of the three non-EU members of the team, his own OkekeDamian Jones or Nick Smith Jr., the power forward was the one sacrificed from the call due to discomfort in his left calf and right knee.

While waiting for the official medical report to know the exact extent of the injury, Okeke He joins the long list of casualties of the white team, made up of Facundo Campazzoinjury to the left femoral biceps; Theo Maledonsprained right knee; Michael Jantunencomplete rupture of the plantar fascia of the left foot; Gabriel deckoperated on for anterior instability in the left shoulder; and Usman Garubarupture of the Achilles tendon of the left leg.

For this reason, coach Pedro Martinez has called up the Galician point guard Pablo Meraborn in 2010, a first-year junior and one of the great promises of the white youth team.

Mera was the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and top scorer of the International Tournament Cadet of Íscar with the Spanish under-16 team. He will wear number 15, the same one he wears with Javi Juárez’s junior team.