The sports director of Unicaja, John Rodriguezassures that they asked Serge Ibaka and Usman Garuba to sign for the team The Guindos. In an interview conducted with 101 TV, Juanma analyzed and told certain anecdotes during the preseason. One of them was the search for the temporary center.
At one point in the interview, Juanma was asked about the center’s injuries and how they have managed the incorporation of Ilimane Diop. To which he replied: “The injuries of Kravish y Sima They are complicated and you have to be cautious with them because they can relapse. We asked about Ibaka and Garuba, but obviously it was very complicated because they want to continue competing in the NBA. In addition, we needed a ‘5’ to come for 6 weeks, so Diop was the best option we had.”
Garuba and Ibaka, two names that are more than recognizable in the Carpena. Not just because they have played with him Real Madrid in Málaga, but because over time they have become world-class interiors. Such is the case, that Ibaka himself managed to win a ring from the NBA in 2019 with the Toronto Raptorsnext to Marc Gasol. Usman Garuba has become another fixture in the national team scariodespite the fact that his time in the NBA is being disappointing.
Finally, Diop’s option was the one they chose in the Unicaja sports management. The Senegalese center came to Los Guindos with a temporary contract and, as Juanma himself said, “to expose himself” to get a longer-term contract. The Unicaja sports director admits that the intention of signing the Senegalese was to provide an average of 10 or 12 quality minutes.
2023-09-13 21:10:17
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