Problem solved for Spar Girona, which completes its squad after leaving one of its places orphaned with the departure, seven days ago, of a Crystal Bradford who failed to convince the coaching staff led by Bernat Canut. With a void in the dressing room, Laia Palau started the machinery a few days ago to end up finding her replacement. It is about Brittney Sykes, a player with a past in Fontajau and who lands there again to strengthen the team’s rotation. Apart from being a good defender, she also has points in her hands. An interesting mix from a player who, at 28, has shown she can adapt to any of the three outside positions.
Chosen in 2017 in the seventh position of the draft of the WNBAhe not only accumulates experience in the American championship (he has competed with Atlanta Dream i Los Angeles Sparks), but has also tasted European basketball. Israel i Turkey they are countries that you have already circled on the map. Also the Women’s League Spanish, because in 2019 he accepted the Uni’s proposal. He stayed there for a few months, until the beginning of January of the following year. Time to play 14 games, averaging 9.4 points and 4 rebounds in the domestic championship, and 9.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in the Euroleague. What happened? Seduced by a very tasty proposal from Cukurova Turkish, decided to force his way out. The club ended up accepting it. “It is a situation that the club has always wanted to avoid and, taking into account that he was not giving the desired performance, we accept him to leave”, said Pere Puig, the club’s sporting director at the time.
Despite everything, enjoy a second chance. Its characteristics fit with what was being sought and the market possibilities, at these heights of the film, are what they are. Sykes was just living his second season in the Sopron hungarian In fact, a few weeks ago he participated in the Euroleague game that his team played (and lost) in Fontajau (63-60). That day he played 35 minutes and scored 8 points. His last performance, before deciding that leaving for Girona was the best decision he could make. A scenario that has not gone down too well with Sopron himself, to the point that the termination of his contract has been announced today. “It’s not about having missed a training session, it’s been several days. She has seriously breached the agreement between us, she has not arrived within the specified period and has not participated in the training work”, complains the club, while adding that the player “has not given any explanation” to justify her absence. Sykes already had Girona in mind. Once the situation is resolved, it remains to be seen how he will deal with this second stage.
