The newly promoted Givova Scafati closes the market with a bang: annual contract for US guard Doron Emmanuel Calvin Lamb. Athlete with an explosive physique, he is endowed with a deadly first step, good archery rates and strong defensive qualities. 193 cm tall and weighing 95 kg, the new scafatese basketball player was born in New York on November 6, 1991 and trained at the college of Kentucky between 2010 and 2012. He was chosen in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2012, while the next championship he played with the Orlando Magic shirt. Still in the NBA, he was then hired by the Dallas Mavericks in 2014, but in October he moved to the Texas Legends in D-League (16.6 points and 2.6 assists per average) and in February 2015 to the Westchester Knicks again in D-League (17.7 points and 2.4 assists on average). The first experience away from home is dated November 2015, when he signed for KK Buducnost Volo Podgorica (with which he also plays in Eurocup) in Montenegro, while the competitive season was then ended in French pro A with the jersey of JSF Nanterre . In the 2016/2017 season he returned to his homeland to wear the Westchester Knicks jersey again in the D-League (12.1 points and 1.6 assists per game).
Between 2017 and 2019 he played two seasons in Greece with the GS Lavrio jersey (13.2 points and 2.6 assists on average in the first year; 14.2 points and 2.5 assists on average in the second year), with whom he also played in the FIBA Europe Cup, closing among other things in third place the ranking of the best scorers of the Hellenic championship. In 2019/2020 he defended the colors of Darussafaka Istanbul in the Turkish championship (9.2 points and 2.1 assists on average), with which he also trod the Eurocup parquet. Finally, in 2021/2022, after an initial appearance in the Polish top flight championship with Polski Cukier Pszczoika Start Lubin (16.3 points and 2.8 assists per average), he arrived in Italy for the first time to wear the jersey della Carpegna Prosciutto Pesaro (12.2 points on average).
The statements
The newcomer to Scafati, Doron Lamb, is enthusiastic: “I chose Scafati because it is the best possible solution for me, for my growth and for my ambitions. I can’t wait to get to the city, get to know the environment, teammates and start training with the aim of doing excellent things and trying to win as many games as possible “.
The manager of the Campania technical area Enrico Longobardi: “We close our market with an important shot and that allows us to further raise the level like Doron, a player who has trod the highest stages both in college with Kentucky, and among the pro in the NBA, playing real minutes. We think we made the team we set ourselves, that is big, intense and able to run when it has to. Now we just have to start the preseason and see what awaits us in our return to Serie A ” .
