Almost a month after the start of the competition in the Endesa Leaguewe have already been able to do an analysis of what the 2023-24 season could be like.
We have already seen the first great performances and, of all the players who are standing out, we have chosen five pleasant surprises to compile this list.
These are the 5 players who are surprising us at the start of the Endesa League:
Juan Fernandez
Equipment: Breogan River
Statistics 2023-24: 11.8 points (61% T2 and 38% T3), 6.8 rebounds, 0.6 blocks and 14.6 efficiency
Juan Fernández played two seasons in the Endesa League with the first team of Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, but his impact was not as high as at the beginning of this season.
The Argentine center, who will turn 21 next November, was already one of the best young players in the competition last season, but now he aims to be one of the great revelations.
His best game so far was played in Tenerife, scoring a personal record of 18 points and capturing 8 rebounds for a PIR of 23.
Brancou Badio
Equipment: BAXI Manresa
Statistics 2023-24: 14.2 points (47% T2 and 30% T3), 3.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.0 steals and 11.6 efficiency
Hadji Omar Brancou Badio already sent a warning to the Endesa League during the last day of last season, when he scored the best score of his career.
This year is being confirmed and the 24-year-old Senegalese player’s best game came this past weekend, when he scored 21 points in the victory over Zunder Palencia.
To get to know Brancou Badio better, you can read this interview that Gigantes recently did with him.
Ike Iroegbu
Equipment: Basketball Girona
Statistics 2023-24: 16.0 points (40% T2 and 41% T3), 3.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 15.8 efficiency
Ikenna Ugochukwu Iroegbu has been one of the main people responsible for Bàsquet Girona’s great start to the season, also filling the void left by Markel Brown in the team’s first three victories.
With a regular performance, the Nigerian international, debutant in the Endesa League, is leaving his mark in these first 5 days. So far, Ike Iroegbu’s best game came in the impressive victory over Dreamland Gran Canaria, where he scored points and his team had a +16 with him on the court.
Luis Costa
Equipment: Coviran Granada
Statistics 2023-24: 12.8 points (57% T2 and 41% T3), 2.2 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 16.8 efficiency
Lluis Costa is not unknown, far from it, to the followers of the Endesa League. At 30 years old, he faces his fifth season in the competition, although he has never had as much presence as this season.
Coviran Granada has not yet won in 2023-24 after five games, so we could say that Costa’s performance has not yet been rewarded. He has surpassed ten points and rating in 4 of the 5 games, also achieving 12 assists against UCAM Murcia or reaching his highest score this weekend in Bilbao, with 20 goals.
Kristian Kullamäe
Equipment: Surne Bilbao Basket
Statistics 2023-24: 13.2 points (58% T2 and 46% T3), 1.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 11.0 efficiency
Speaking of a record-breaking weekend, what better way than to end this list with the MVP of matchday 5. Kristian Kullamäe played “the best game of his life” in the victory over the Granada team, where he scored 33 points on 12 of 17 shooting from the field.
The Estonian guard has barely 20 games of experience in the Endesa League, but he is establishing himself as a great shooter in the competition. In addition, Kullamäe is being one of the key players in the start of the season for Bilbao Basket, which has already achieved four victories and is the only one that can hold its own against the Euroleague teams.
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2023-10-16 16:27:36
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