A thick reinforcement for Forlì. Basketball 2.015, enthusiastically welcomes the center-wing Nathan Adrian who will be a red and white player in the 2022/23 season: it is a profile of great depth, and a player who has chosen to wear the Forli shirt after the last season in Brindisi in the LBA and playing in Europe. Below, the words of the president Nicosanti, of the head of the technical-sporting area Antimo Martino, and the first statements of Nate in the Unieuro jersey.
Giancarlo Nicosanti “Nathan was trained in a prestigious university and has been playing in the first leagues two years ago, first in Ukraine and last year in Brindisi, where he recorded important numbers; despite this, we still see ample room for growth and improvement in him, given his age. He will complete an important long section, and we expect points, rebounds and great solidity from him. “
Antimo Martino: “We are happy with the signing of Adrian, who represented our first goal in the long section and that we followed and waited patiently also considering the interest of foreign first league teams. He is a player who grew up in an important college and who has already gained European experience, not least that of Brindisi, where he showed good things both in Serie A and in the Cup. Adrian guarantees us that double dimension that was the main feature we were looking for, in order to insert a player capable of being able to play together with all his teammates in the department, enhancing their qualities and to allow us to have during the season and the single game the possibility of change structure as needed “.
Nathan Adrian: “I am very happy with the opportunity to represent and wear the colors of Forlì next season and show everyone what I can do on the pitch to experience a winning year full of satisfactions to achieve our goals. To all the fans I say that I can’t wait to start this new path together ”.
Nathan Adrian’s profile
Adrian, 206cm x 107kg wing / center, was born in Morgantown (West Virginia) on March 21, 1995 and arrives in Forli after a season played with the New Basket Brindisi shirt: with the Apulians he averaged 8.8 points and 5 rebounds on average in 26 minutes in LBA and 8.5 points and 4 rebounds in the “Basketball Champion League” .
“Nate” grew up basketball in his homeland, until he attended West Virginia University where, between 2013 and 2017 he played 140 games in the NCAA, being included, in 2017, in the “All Big 12 Third Team” and in the “Big 12 All-Defensive Team ”, thus highlighting its qualities.
After a difficult period at family level, Nate restarts from France: in 2019, with the Bordeaux shirt he averaged 17 points and collects almost 8 rebounds per game. The following year, in Ukraine, he wears the colors of MBC Mykolaiv, confirming the numbers of the previous year (17.9 points and 7.9 rebounds) and deserving the call from Brindisi.
