German champions Ratiopharm Ulm have signed forward LJ Figueroa (25).
Doesn’t that sound so exciting at first? But it is!
Because the player from the Dominican Republic was THE sensation of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas this year.
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In the jersey of the Los Angeles Lakers he managed the most spectacular dunk of the tournament in the game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
After a throw from Cole Swider, Figueroa runs into the zone and hammers the rebound straight into the ring – over the head of defender Gregory Jackson II. Absolute poster action!
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The ESPN commentators of the game react accordingly emotionally. One screams: “Oh my God!”, while his colleague can hardly believe it: “He didn’t really do that?! How did he get up there?”.
The scene has now been viewed almost 200,000 times on YouTube, and the dunk quickly spread on Twitter and Instagram.
Lucky for Ulm: Figueroa was only used in this one game of the Summer League and could not present himself to scouts from all over the world.
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So the Ulm bosses Thorsten Leibenath and Thomas Stoll, who were in Las Vegas, struck. However, they may have to wait until mid-September for their new signing – the 1.98-metre man is in his country’s provisional squad for the FIBA World Cup in Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines (25 August to 10 September).
Ulm coach Anton Gavel (38): “LJ was a real dream candidate for our plans. A very athletic player who we can use in different positions. We are delighted that LJ has decided to start his European career with us at the OrangeCampus and we are confident that the fans will enjoy his game immensely.”
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Figueroa entered the 2021 NBA draft but was not drafted. He played the 2022/23 season with the South Bay Lakers, the LA Lakers farm team. There he averaged 14.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
2023-07-23 16:23:13
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