Izan Almansa Shines in NBA Development League: Redemption on the Court

There is light for Izan Almansa. The Spanish power forward got rid of demons in the NBA development league in none other than El Segundo, the court where the Lakers normally train and against the franchise’s affiliate.

This 208 centimeters and 104 kilograms man from Murcia had started the most important season for his future with problems and it seems that he is fixing it. We are talking about one of the main players of his generation, triple MVP in training categories with the Spanish National Team and one of the best projected for the 2024 NBA Draft, although this season was beginning to make everyone doubt. Until now. From the 5.8 points and 6.2 rebounds he averaged, little for a boy with those expectations, to his first double-double: 22 points and 10 rebounds, plus 2 steals, 1 assist and 1 block, in 27 minutes, amassing that game in front of the basket with percentages that are difficult to improve (9/10 in field goals).

And thank goodness he reacted in time. The player, coming from a development program like Overtime Elite, is in the NBA’s sights like few others for the next campaign, counting on it being the one he starts there.

Almansa, who wears number 33 and where he went to wear it (retired by the Lakers in honor of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the best college player in history for what he did at UCLA; that university names, through its system of hospitals, the sports center where this match was played), continues to adapt through blows. Until now he had not been on a circuit with professional players, although he has the last step left to be one, and it shows. In all of his team. Ignite is a combination of promising basketball players who are looking for a place in the NBA through the development league. The purpose of this strategy, since it was born, is to be an intermediate step, but the G-League is fierce and that is why this team is not only 0-6 but it is becoming common for games to be lost by a large difference (150 in total, 25 on average).

More protagonists

Ignite lost 134-100 this evening. Another painful result. But the team is designed for individual exposure, leaving both the conjunction between players and those collective numbers in the background. Another basketball. Two rivals – because, selfishly, that is what they are – of Almansa facing the draft in the forward position, Ron Holland (18) and Tyler Smith (15), stood out as Izan against the South Bay Lakers. In the local team, which already made enough of a difference at the beginning (41 points in the first quarter, 78 in the total of the first half), Colin Castleton and Scottie Pippen each contributed 27 points, 22 from guard Bryce Hamilton and 21 from a again successful Quinndary Weatherspoon.

Other highlights from the day:

· Jacob Toppin (Westchester Knicks): 30 puntos.

· Isaiah Wong (Indiana Mad Ants): 30 points.

· D.J. Carton (Iowa Wolves): 29 puntos.

· David Duke (Delaware Blue Coats): 27 puntos.

· Jeremy Lamb (Stockton Kings): 25 puntos.

· Hamidou Diallo (Capital City Go-Go): 23 points, 10 rebounds.

· Orlando Robinson (Sioux Falls Skyforce): 21 puntos, 17 rebotes.

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2023-11-26 10:52:30
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