Barça basketball is signing an NBA energy ahead

It’s now official. FC Barcelona introduced this Tuesday that Chimezie Metu has been signed, a 27-year-old, 2.08-meter American energy ahead. Metu is the fourth addition to the Barca squad, after the signings of Kevin Punter, Juan Nuñez and Justin Anderson in a course characterised by the recruitment of Joan Peñarroya as a primary staff coach.

Metu arrives in Palau as a free agent, after taking part in the final a part of the 2023/24 season with the NBA Detroit Pistons, averaging 10.5 factors, 6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per sport. The American arrives at Barca in his first expertise in Europe and would be the fourth signing after the arrivals of Kevin Punter, Justin Anderson and Juan Núñez.

A really athletic participant

The American energy ahead is a participant who develops largely within the energy ahead place, however he can be a middle on sure events. His 2.08 meters doesn’t stop him from being a participant with good athletic potential, with good motion, energy within the paint and the power to generate from exterior..

Coming to Barcelona is his first expertise away from the US, the place he developed his profession till now. The participant from California, born in Los Angeles however of Nigerian descent – the staff with which he performed the Tokyo Olympics – he took his first steps earlier than turning into an expert with the assistance of Trojans from the College of Southern California.

Up to now within the NBA

In 2018, he tried his luck within the draft of the NBA, the place he was chosen within the forty ninth place for the San Antonio Spurs, the staff with which he performed his first video games within the NBA. After two seasons, he signed for the Sacramento Kings (2020-23). The 2023/24 season began with the Phoenix Sunshowever earlier this 12 months, he signed a contract with the Detroit Pistons till the tip of the season, a step earlier than he arrived at Barça in the summertime.