Two Argentines (Facundo Campazzo and Gabriel Deck) are already playing in the NBA. A third party (Luca Vildoza) is already insured by another franchise. And a quarter is falling. In fact, he was already selected in the draft and one organization, Minnesota Timberwolves, he was left with his choice of signing. Now to Leandro Bolmaro It remains for him to mature as a basketball player and stand out to, effectively, be part of the best league in the world. It is said that in the next season the Minneapolis franchise will use it; For now, it is up to the Cordovan to do everything possible for the success of Barcelona.
Like in the semifinal of this friday for the Euroleague, the highest club competition in Europe. The rival was Olimpia Milan, in Cologne, Germany. No audience. The game was very hard, to the point that it was resolved with a double, by Cory Higgins, 5/10 of a second behind the buzzer. Barça won, for 84 a 82, and went on to the final, which will star this Sunday against an opponent perhaps even better than the Italian: Ephesus Anatolia, from Turkey.
The best plays of Barcelona 84 vs. Olympia Milano 82
Did Bolmaro contribute much to the Spanish victory? If one sticks to the spreadsheet, it seems that no: 4 points (1 of 3 in doubles and 2 of 2 in free), 3 assists, 1 bounce Y 1 robo. The extraordinary thing is that the 20-year-old received the confidence of the technical director Conversation Jasikevicius to stay on the court for 26 of the 40 minutes, even though the titular driver is a star, Nick Calathes. And the Argentine spent so much time on the parquet in such an important meeting not because the Greek was injured, which happened three minutes from the end, but because Bolmaro did his job very well: defense and safe handling of the ball.
It was not easy, because in front of him he had Sergio “Chacho” Rodríguez, a historical point guard for the Spanish national team and former Real Madrid team, and Kevin Punter and Malcolm Delaney. A high-level perimeter is that of Milan. Of course, Efes Anadolu’s is not behind him, with Rodrigue Beaubois and Shane Larkin. The Turkish team defeated CSKA, Moscow, 89-86 at the same stadium.
Higgins’ decisive double
It will be very brave for Barcelona in the final this Sunday at 3.30 pm, and in particular for Bolmaro, who quite possibly does not have Calathes as a teammate: the Greek twisted an ankle when he stepped on Kyle Hines’ foot and left the field without stepping on, with gestures of intense pain. In that case, the Cordovan will be able to alternate driving with the French Léo Westermann, whom he trusts – he was managed in Zalgiris Kaunas, Lithuania – coach Jasikevicius, an old acquaintance of Argentine basketball, an opponent as a player in World Cups and Olympic Games at the beginning of the century.
This Euroleague may be Bolmaro’s last competition in Barcelona, as Minnesota seems firm in the intention of taking him for the 2021/2022 financial year. The Argentine will want, in that case, to say goodbye with glory to the club that trusted him despite his youth, and so on copy the five compatriots who have been crowned in Europe: Emanuel Ginobili, Hugo Sconochini, Andrés Nocioni, José Ignacio Sánchez and Facundo Campazzo.
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