Great Osbor has made headlines in the United States during the recent movements of the transfer portal, the transfer period of the NCAA, the country’s university league. This eaves of 21 yearsborn in Tudela, Navarrawill charge a record of two million dollars with his arrival at University of Washington. He thus becomes the best-paid young man since the emergence of NIL (name, image and likeness) contracts, a novelty in 2022 following the intervention of the supreme court that allows players to take a part of the enormous economic pie of the collegiate competitions.
The player himself confirmed on his networks the news of his arrival in Washington, from Utah State, where he played his third year in the first university division of men’s basketball, and ESPN echoed the record signing for his last year of college.
With training in Spain and England, where his family moved when he was 12, Osbor averaged last year 17.7 points, 9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.4 blocks to lead the Aggies to victory in the Mountain West regular season. That allowed them to aspire to qualify for the final NCAA tournament, although they fell at the hands of Purduewho would end up being finalists in the competition.
The prodigious Spanish-British player, of 113 kilos and 2.03 meters, was named 2024 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year and was named AP All American honorable mention. The young Navarrese follows in the footsteps of his coach Danny Sprinkle, who received him at Montana State when he arrived from England in a risky bet and with few resources. The coach was the one who later took him with him to Utah State, and now he also moves to Washington.
“I want to thank God for putting me in this position, Washington will allow me to maximize my potential as a player in my final year of college. Coach Sprinkle has been with me every step of the way since my arrival from England, and I look forward to help the Huskies return to the NCAA tournament”Osbor declared after the official announcement of the deal by his agents in the United States.
The opportunity of a lifetime
Thanks to new American laws that protect the rights of amateur athletes to take part of the enormous economic pie that university sports represent in the United States, Osbor can definitively change the course of his life and that of his family. Son of a taxi driver and an elderly caretakerthe two million dollars will help plug holes and establish a solid foundation for a still uncertain future with aspirations for the NBA Draft in 2025.
“To be able to be in this position that I am in now is a blessing, and I hope to use my platform to proudly represent my family and act as a model for my two little sisters,” the twenty-year-old told ESPN.
For him, it all started in Tudela. In it CB Genesis began a career that later developed during his adolescence in England, specifically in Bradford. There he attended Myerscough College and then played a season at a high level (16.8 points and 9.1 rebounds) in the British second division with the Bradford Dragons, where he began to stand out among talent scouts on the American scene.
For now, Neither the British nor the Spanish team have claimed the player’s services, who in the past, yes, commented on his interest in being part of the national team of his country of birth. He remains focused on his path to NBA, the great dream of his life. After going around a lot, and going relatively unnoticed in his countries of origin, it seems that he is not far from achieving it.
Whatever happens in the future, he has already managed to give a differential boost to the family economy thanks to his performance on the track. “I’m more motivated than ever to show the kids that it doesn’t matter where you come from. If you work and make the necessary sacrifice, your time will come,” he said after his record deal in the university league.
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