Leandro Bolmaro is now a Minnesota Timberwolves player and it became the fourth Argentine to perform in the best basketball in the world this season. The escort of the national team expressed his joy at the new step in his career on Thursday: “I’m a baby with a new toy”he said after signing his four-year bond with the NBA franchise.
“I am very happy, enjoying the experience to the fullest. I am a baby with a new toy. I’m going to train very happy, I have a big smile, I have to keep working, which is what brought me here “he commented.
The Cordovan will be the fourth Argentine player to participate in the next NBA season with Facundo Campazzo (Denver Nuggets), Luca Vildoza (Your New York Knicks contract is not yet guaranteed) and Gabriel Deck (insured in Oklahoma City).
Bolmaro arrives from Barcelona, where he played the last two seasons in the first team. The Argentine player has been in the United States since last week, after his participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
“I handle it well, I try not to think too much about where I am, because If I think about it, maybe I don’t even believe it “, explained the player born in Las Varillas.
With spent in Bahía Basket in the National League, Bolmaro stood out last season as a guard in Barcelona and did not hide his joy at being part of the world’s basketball elite
“During the first year I played little, but it was a moment that I took advantage of to train a lot and improve in all defensive and offensive aspects.“, Bolmaro analyzed in an interview with 3×3 radio. And he added that he must” improve from the physical “to compete in the NBA.
The Argentine’s contract in the Catalan club was until June 2023 although they chose him in the 2020 Draft for the North American franchise. After one more campaign in Barcelona, Bolmaro signed with the Wolves on Wednesday for four seasons, in exchange for $ 11.8 million.
That contract, as anticipated by the official NBA.com site, consists of the following items: a total of four seasons in exchange for 11,805,395 dollars, which are divided annually as follows: 2,353,320, 2,471,160, 2,588 .400 and 4,392,515.
