The young base from Madrid rejected renewing with the white team and will play in Germany
Núñez was designated ‘MVP’ of the Under-20 European Championship after winning gold with the Spanish team
The basketball quarry Real Madrid has managed to bear fruit successfully in recent years. To the most mediatic names such as those of Luka Doncic or that of the azulgrana Nikola Mirotic, names of other players are also found, such as Santi Yusta, Jonathan Barreiro or Dani Díez, already established in the elite of Spanish basketball.
Another of the names that aimed to be a source of pride for the white club was that of John Nunez. The Madrid point guard, born in 2004, had already earned minutes in the first team, counting on the confidence of a Paul Laso who, despite his youth’, had no doubts in giving him the helm of the team over the ‘punished’ Thomas Heurtel. “I’m very happy with Juan. I think he’s very talented, he has a lot to learn and he’s playing good minutes. I see him on a day-to-day basis playing well and I scold myself for not putting more on him. He has a lot of room for improvement and I count on him as one of the team”, Laso confessed last November.
A template preparation that ‘happens’ from Núñez
Everything seemed to be going well, with a great end to the season by a Real Madrid that was proclaimed Endes League ChampionOh European runner-up. But after Heurtel’s goodbye, the continuity of both Carlos Alocen like Nigel Williams Goss, the signing of Sergio Rodriguez and the possibility of a return of Facundo Campazzo, The club indirectly showed Núñez what their plans were with him.
Núñez, from ‘MVP’ with the under-20 to be on Scariolo’s pre-list for Eurobasket
So this summer, and without having signed the renewal with Real Madrid, Núñez played the European Sub-20, in which spain it was proclaimed European champion with the base from Madrid as ‘MVP’. A performance that earned him the award to be part of the prelist of Sergio Scariolo for the next Eurobasket, in which at the moment, Núñez continues.
He will play Eurocup with Ratiopharm Ulm
The player has explained at all times that he was calm with his situation, and that he was not worried that his future would not go exactly through a Real Madrid that included him in the list of players entitled to score. And finally Núñez will continue his career in Germany, at Ratiopharm Ulm, according to what ‘Basketnews’ and ‘Encestando’ have advanced. In the German team, Núñez will have all the Protagonism that he would not have had at Real Madrid, in addition to play each Eurocup week, the second Euroleague competition. The same information indicates that the player turned down two offers from the American college league, of Duke y Gonzaga, two of the most powerful universities in the country.
Some exit clauses to the NBA, ‘prohibitive’
The decision enters the realm of the understandable, since, if any national team had been interested in hiring him, they should have first agreed with Madrid, a club that will maintain their rights in Spain. Also, in recent seasons, the white team has shielded its exit clauses to the NBA, dream that Núñez pursues in the medium term. Without going any further, ‘I do’ Campazzo they established a exit clause of 6 million euros; to from Usman Garuba, did not lose 3 ‘kilos’. And Núñez, who had a renewal offer from the white club, that fact has been able to push him back.
Exodus from the white quarry this summer
The truth is that of Núñez has not been the only exit from the quarry in a summer which is being moved in this direction. So much Father Miller, who will play next season at Florida State University, as Henri Veesaar, who will do it in Arizona, have put an end to their stage in Madrid. Sediq Garuba, Usman’s brother, has signed for the Cartagena of Leb Plata, while Urban Klavzar will be part of the UCAM Murcia of ACB. Just Eli Ndiaye interior player and who already had minutes with the first team last season, will continue under the orders of Chus Mateo.
