The University of California Los Angeles, UCLAemblematic of university sports in the United States, has just announced the signing of Candidate Maraperhaps the most exciting and singular player of the future in Spanish basketball since Pau Gasol. The center of the 2005 and 2.21 tall will become part of the basketball program of the Californian institution, the birthplace of great centers such as Abdul-Jabbarthe best of all time, or Bill Walton.
UCLA considers Mara one of the jewels of the future in European basketball, a benchmark for the generation of 2005 and recalls in his statement that he has been chosen in the ideal quintet of the recent European U18 in which the Spanish team was a silver medal after losing in the final against local Serbia.
Mara You will be part of a university that is legendary in the NCAA, the basketball team, the Bruinswhich made great John Wooden, a myth on the benches and a cultural reference point for American sports. Master of Jabbar and Walton, UCLA won 10 championships out of 12 possible with him between 1964 and 1975, and has the best winning streak in the NCAA, with 88 wins and three consecutive titles (71, 72 and 73).
The Aragonese center will play in the Pauley Pavilion, with capacity for 15,000 spectators, and will be directed by Mick Cronin. One of his helpers is Ivo Simovicthat already worked in the progression of the international Santi Aldama at Loyola University.
The Maño center is one of the biggest national projects in recent years. After going through the subsidiary and playing in LEB Gold with Levitec HuescaMara debuted in October in the ACB against Baskonia, against whom he had 8 points and 4 rebounds. In March he achieved his scoring record with 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
Mara He has also shone with the lower categories of the national team. In 2022 he got a historic silver in the U-17 World Cup by averaging 12.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks. On July 30, he repeated the feat in the European Under-18 against the Serbian team. The UCLA Bruins belong to the Pac-12, one of the most important conferences of the university competition. Mara joins other Spaniards who have made that leap to the US as Baba Miller, Almansa, Miguel Ayesa or Alonso Faure.
2023-08-03 18:19:43
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