Kassius Robertson faces Obradoiro for the first time

The Canadian shooting guard will play on Saturday in Vigo with Valencia Basket

05 sep 2023 . Updated at 7:40 p.m.

Obradoiro prepares, still without the full squad, its third preseason commitmentafter losing their first two matches held in Pontevedra against Unicaja Málaga and Breogn. Those of Moncho Fernndez will measure their forces this weekend with one of the roosters of the Endesa LeagueValencia Basket, a group in which an old acquaintance from the Compostela parish plays, the Canadian guard Kassius Robertson.

Obra and Valencia will measure their forces in the Cidade de Vigo tournament, Saturday at eight in the evening. Before, the Levantines will have another appointment, Ser hoy, in a classic of their preseason in recent seasons: the participation in the Pepe Lanzuela memorial, in Teruel, against Zaragoza in the Los Planos pavilion. The Taronja team will maintain the dynamics of the entire preseason and move the twelve professional players it has available, with the same two absences from all the preparation. Víctor Claver has not yet joined training after finishing his participation in the World Cup with the Spanish team and Xabi Lpez-Arostegui is out indefinitely after recovering from the injury to the sole of his left foot that has kept him off the slopes since the end of last season.

Lex Mumbr’s, who are more filmed than the obradoiristas, have played three games so far. He will have another four games left. First in Teruel and then a tour of Galicia in which they will first face Obra (Saturday) and then Breogn (Sunday). They will close their preparation matches in Llria against Granada, on the 16th.

three victories

At Valencia Basket, who has won the three games he has played so far, is already showing the hand of Kassius Robertson. The five star player opened his preseason with a victory in Salou against Joventut (79-72). Then they beat Ratiopharm Ulm (92-78) in the Mahn tournament. The Valencian team was ahead on the scoreboard from an 11-0 starting run driven by Reuvers (10 points). Although the German team was better, Ojeleye’s three-pointers first (18 points) and two moments of inspiration from Kassius Robertson (15 points) led the Levantines to victory.

In the final of the tournament, another Valencian victory against Gran Canaria (72-77), with 11 points from Canadian Robertson, who this Saturday will face his former teammates from Obradoiro for the first time. It will be a very special match for the Canadian, even if it is a friendly. The escort signed great records with the team coached by Moncho Fernndez.

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2023-09-05 17:39:00
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