Athens will be the protagonist of the opening match of the 2024/2025 season of the National Basketball League. As champion of the Argentine League, on October 9 they will open the campaign against Boca, the champion of the National League. The match has not yet designated the official venue, but everything indicates that it will be played in the new stadium of the Verde in the General Bustos neighborhood.
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Season 2024/2025. The new Athens stadium is being evaluated to host the opening match of the National League
The match will mark Atenas’ return to the top division after a season in the Argentine League. The team from the General Bustos neighborhood keeps Gustavo Peirone as coach and the club also managed to retain the core of the team that won promotion.
Point guard Lucas Reyes and American pivot Chris Ware left the Green.
The point guard Nicolás Zurschmitten, the shooting guard José Montero, the forward Carlos Buemo, the pivot Juan Cruz Oberto and the power forward and captain, Lucas Arn, remain in Atenas. They are the “five” of the promotion. Máximo Araujo is added, who underwent knee surgery in the first days of this 2024, is doing the preseason and will occupy a U21 slot in the next National League campaign.
The players who arrived in Athens
Atenas signed two Liga players to strengthen the squad that brought it back to the top division. One is the Cordoba-born point guard Manuel Buendía, who will play for the first time in a team from his hometown.
The Verde also managed to get the forward Leo Lema (who can play as a power forward) back to the club. The player from La Pampa was trained in the youth team in the General Bustos neighborhood and after playing for San José in the Brazilian League, he is returning to the National League.
Atenas also announced the signing of Spanish center Toni Vicens, with experience in the National League. The European center, who will join in the middle of the month, was champion of the League with Instituto in the 2021/2022 season, and also played for Argentino de Junín. The Spaniard has played 59 games in the League, with an average of 12.5 points (7.2 at Instituto), scoring 59.3 percent in doubles (219/369), 35.3% in triples (59/167) and 72.4% in free throws (123/170), plus 5.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists.
The Green team has a free major chip, which will be used according to the team’s needs during the competition.
The youth of Athens
Many of the boys trained in the Atenas youth team went out on loan to get minutes in the lower categories. Two stayed to expand the squad, such as the intern Gerónimo Maidana and Tiago Tomatis, while Lisandro Bernabei joined to act as the team’s third baseman.
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