After Facundo Campazzo and Gabriel Deck, who both left Real Madrid, in the middle of the season, respectively for Denver and Oklahoma City, a third Argentine international, Vitoria’s point guard Luca Vildoza (1.91 m, 25 years old), will also cross the Atlantic to join the New York Knicks, multiple sources said on Wednesday. The club subsequently formalized the departure of its player.
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Trained in Mar del Plata, Vildoza had been evolving for five years in the Basque Country, where he notably led his training for the title of champion in 2020, winner in the final of FC Barcelona. Author of the decisive basket (69-67), he was named MVP of the final (17 points, 4 rebounds). With the Argentina team, he participated in the 2019 World Cup in China, executioner of the Blues in the semi-finals (80-66, 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists in 16 minutes for him) before s’ losing in the final against Spain.
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According to ESPN, which quotes his agent, Vildoza would have initialed a contract of $ 13.6 million over four years – including three unsecured, which will allow the Big Apple franchise to evaluate the player at the end of the season, as well as during the Olympic Games, and possibly a summer league and its training camp before making a definitive commitment.
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The Eurohoops site specifies that the club will receive a transfer fee of $ 2 million, and retain its rights in Europe. For his fourth season in the Euroleague, the player averaged 10.3 points, 3.5 assists, 2 rebounds and 1.6 interceptions.
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