Scaligera Basket announces that it has reached an agreement with the athlete Ivan Buva until 30 June 2024. 208 centimeter center born in Zagreb on 6 May 1991, he arrives in the yellow-blue team after finishing the season in the Japanese First League with the Toyama Grouses. The Croatian pivot finished the championship with 18.3 points and 9.9 rebounds on average.
Buva will wear the number 25 shirt and will be presented to the press and fans on Friday 22 March at 11.00 in the Hospitality Hall of the Pala AGSM AIM.
THE CARREER
Buva began his basketball career in the youth teams of Cedevita Zagreb, his hometown. He began his professional career in 2011/12 with Krizevci in the Croatian First Division and then returned the following year to KK Cedevita Zagreb where he played for one season. In the summer of 2013 he joined the Bosnian team HKK Siroki Primorka, where he stood out in the Adriatic League with an average of 10.8 points and 6 rebounds per match and won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup.
Coach Ramagli’s new pivot ends the 2013-14 season playing the playoffs in Serie A with Pallacanestro Cantù. The Brianza club also confirmed him for the following season in which he produced 7.4 points and 5.2 rebounds on average. In the summer of 2015 he received the call from Scandone Avellino to Serie A where he confirmed himself at high levels with a season of 12.7 points and 5.6 rebounds; figures that rise in the playoffs where he averages over 15 points.
In the following seasons Ivan continued to gain experience in the national First Division championships with Bilbao and Valencia in the ACB and with Istanbul BBSK and Besiktas SJ in the Turkish Super Lig. In the 2019/20 season he joined Monaco in LNB and ended the season with Gaziantep in the Super Lig where he scored 17.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. In the 2020/21 championship he made his debut in the Lithuanian First League with Rytas Vilnius where he played for two seasons. In 2021/22 he won the Lithuanian Championship and played in the Basketball Champions League, being included in the second best quintet of the Competition. In the last two years Buva has played in the Japanese First League with the Shiga Lakestars and the Toyama Grousers.
The neo-yellow-blue also boasts several experiences with the Croatian youth national teams including the European Under 20 Championship in Bilbao in 2011. With the Senior National Team he participated in the European Championship in 2017.
THE STATEMENTS
Ivan Buva (player): “I am very happy to arrive in Verona and help the team in this final moment of the season. I will be one of the most experienced players, I will put all my passion and knowledge of the game at the service of my teammates from day one. Many battles await us and I can’t wait to get on the pitch to win every match.”
Alessandro Frosini (General Manager): “Given the lengthening recovery time of Kamari Murphy, we have decided to intervene on the market. Among the available players, the best profile was certainly Ivan Buva. The negotiation was very quick, also due to the player’s great desire to return to Italy and compete at a high level. He is an athlete who has always played championships in the first national leagues and European cups, certainly his experience and his quality will give us a big hand to conclude the clock phase in the best possible way and arrive ready and competitive in the playoffs. Technically he is a player who can give us a double dimension, he has excellent movements and readings in the low post but he can also play on the perimeter to open the court. I thank the Pedrollo family for allowing us to complete an important and necessary transfer operation at this stage of the season.”
2024-03-19 18:00:29
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