Aday Mara: a monstrous performance in the Spanish Championship

Joventut repeated as junior Spanish champion after defeating Real Madrid (87-75), although the great protagonist of the last day was in another game. aday mara he gave Casademont Zaragoza bronze with a monstrous performance against Valencia Basket (75-77). The 18-year-old center who is 2.20 meters tall finished with 31 points (8/17 on 2-pointers, 2/3 on 3-pointers and 9/10 on free throws) and 17 rebounds for a PIR of 48. Your partner Lucas Langarita, also a U-17 world silver medalist, suffered from fatigue and had 11 points and 10 rebounds, but with poor percentages: 4/9 on 2-point shots and 1/6 from the 6.75 line. she also played Bruno Vidarte (7+6+5 for 10 valuation).

Mara, included in the Youth Quintet of the Endesa League, will say goodbye to Spanish basketball soon. Despite the interest of teams like Real Madrid, his future is in American college basketball (possibly UCLA) to later make the leap to the NBA. The center from Zaragoza can declare himself eligible in 2024 and it would not be surprising if he enters the initial call for the senior team this summer.

Mara, chosen MVP of the tournament, has closed the Spanish Championship in its category with Average 19.1 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists for a PIR of 29.3 in just over 30 minutes on the track. In professional basketball, he has played 21 games this season with the Casademont Zaragoza first team. His averages, 5.4 points and 3.2 rebounds for a PIR of 6.9. His best match was against Obradoiro a few weeks ago. He had 15 points and 5 rebounds for a PIR of 22.

Other world runners-up

The Junior Spanish Championship also brought together other world runners-up. Hugo Lopezthe youngest of that generation and one of the pearls in the Real Madrid academy, finished with 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists (17 PIR) against a Penya, in which another silver junior stood out: Conrad Martinez, with 23 goals and 5 assists (23), and chosen MVP of the final.

In the match for third and fourth place, there were three taronjas that were at the World Cup in Malaga last summer: Larrea Sergio (17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists for a PIR of 21), Lucas Mari (12+12+9 for 21) and David Barbera (2 points and 3 rebounds).