He Costa Rican Ian Martínez announced that he will be a new reinforcement for Oberwart Gunners, of the Austrian first divisionan important step in his career, since he will become part of European basketball.
The Tico arrives after the departure of scorer Nate Pierre-Louis, who was the team’s main figure and whom Martínez will seek to replace with his young talent.
The movement It’s not a surprisesince Martínez has several years of experience abroad.
During his university years he served in the Utah State, Maryland State, within the most competitive university circuit in the world, recognized as the main seedbed of the NBA.
In the 2020-2021 season he played for the University of Utah, number one in the Big 12 Conference.
Subsequently, he spent two years at the University of Maryland, a member of the equally demanding Big Ten Conference, third in level within the NCAA.
The last two years he was active at Utah State University, in the Mountain West Conference, where in the previous season he stood out with averages of 16.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.
Even Martínez, a few months ago, even trained with NBA teams, including Utah Jazz y Cleveland Cavaliers; However, the move towards the best league in the world did not materialize.
Subsequently, the Costa Rican moved to Israel to join Elitzur Yavne, a team in the Israeli National League, the second division of basketball in that country.
In this tournament he averaged 17.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 12 games played.
Now, a few months later, Martínez takes a key step in his career by joining a league with great projection, where he will seek consolidate your performance and continue its growth in international basketball.
