The project of Marc Gasol in the ACB it is taking shape. Bàsquet Girona has announced that the jungle player Pol Figueras López (The Jungle of the Camp, 1998) is the third signing for the 2022-23 season. The wild base has played all six career seasons in the LEB Gold with debut included in the ACB. Format in the lower categories of the CB La Selva and the FC Barcelona, made his debut with Barça in the ACB during his first senior season in the Barça subsidiary, which competed in the LEB Or. He later landed at Ourense Basketball Club (2019-20). The last two seasons he has competed against Bàsquet Girona defending the shirt of the Palma Mediterranean Soul Palma.
“I am very happy with the opportunity and excited that the club has shown me its confidence at the moment. For me it is like returning home, to Catalonia, and playing with former teammates,” said Figueras. The player emphasized that he is facing this new challenge with enthusiasm: “I’m really looking forward to starting working with teammates and the coach and experiencing the club and the city and what that moment of this spectacular basketball moment is all about.”
I am very happy for the opportunity and excited that the club has shown me their confidence at this time. For me it’s like coming home, to Catalonia, and playing with former teammates
For its part, the sports director, Jordi Plahas insisted that the incorporation of Figueras becomes a “step further” to achieve the goals of the staff for this season: “Pol Figueras is a base of constant growth, of immediate potential that fits perfectly in our way of understanding the player. Despite his age, he already has a very good control of the rhythms and readings more than remarkable, both offensive and especially defensive.“.
Figueras is the third arrival after those of ‘Quino’ Colom i Garino ‘Duck’. The project, led by veteran coach Aíto García Reneses, who has added Lubos Barton to the bench as second coach, is taking shape. To the incorporations of Figueras, Colom and Garino it is necessary to add the continuities of Gasol i Eric Vilaas well as that of the Argentine Maxi Fjellerup which renews automatically thanks to the ascent. It can also be taken for granted that Josep Franch will follow.
