Real Madrid announces the departure of Alex Len

ByDavid Mitchell

He real Madrid announced this Tuesday the departure of the 33-year-old Ukrainian center Alex Leonwho ends his contract and puts an end to his time as a player for the Merengue club after his arrival in the capital of Spain last October to make up for Bruno’s absence. Fernando coming from Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA.

Through a brief statement, the Madrid entity wished him “good luck to him and his entire family in this new stage of their lives”, closing his time at the club, which has lasted less than a year.

Throughout the last season, Leon disputed in League Endesa a total of 21 games with the Real Madrid shirt, in which he recorded an average of 7.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks for a rating of 9.6. Likewise, in Euroleague The Ukrainian left figures of 3 points per game, 2 rebounds and 0.9 blocks.

The center, 2.13 centimeters tall, is international with Ukraine and arrived in the Spanish capital last October after 12 seasons and 708 games in the elite of North American basketball, where he averaged 6.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 0.3 blocks.

Throughout his sporting career he has played in the Phoenix Suns (2013-2018), Atlanta Hawks (2018-2020), Sacramento Kings (2020), Toronto Raptors (2020-2021) -where he coincided with Sergio Scariolorecently dismissed as coach of Real Madrid-, Washington Wizards (2021), Sacramento Kings (2021-2025), Los Angeles Lakers (2025) and the real Madrid (2025-2026).

After training in Dnipro ukrainian and shine on Marylandwas chosen with number 5 in the 2013 draft.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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