Since four years ago the Hernangómez brothers and Alex Abrines debuted, there are no fresh winds that come from Spain to the NBA, beyond types 'adopted' for their legacy and repercussion such as

Doncic or Campazzo

.

The last 'drafts' have not had national prominence either and on the horizon the still distant option of Usman Garuba as the next tenant in the best league in the world is barely discernible.

Beyond the alarming situation of Pau Gasol, in search of a last dance that extends his career until the Tokyo Games, a quintet survives from last year with a common denominator, four have changed teams and except for Ricky Rubio, all have renewed their contracts, with important variations in terms of their salaries: in global, they go to earn almost half, from 70 million dollars to less than 40.

MARC GASOL

.

The penultimate episode of the extraordinary career of the middleweight in the Gasol saga will be the most romantic.

After winning the

ring and the World Cup in 2019

and after a rough last season with the Raptors, Marc put himself on the market with an unbeatable envelope: his salary no longer mattered so much as his ambitions.

And the Lakers, where his surname is a legend, jumped for the pivot, aware that his intelligence and experience can give a lot of themselves alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

If in the last nine seasons he has bagged more than 170 million dollars, now he will receive five of purple and gold for the next two.

And yet no one can deny that its present is historical.

RICKY RUBIO

If Marc could choose his fate, Ricky was moved by the impersonal laws of the NBA market when he grew up in the attractive project of the Suns, who surprised at Disney without losing a single game.

But

Chris Paul's move

wiped out the talent of the Spanish guard back in Minnesota.

Once the blow is taken ("I know how it works, but there are ways and forms"), Rubio is running to lead the Wolves' ship with Karl Anthony Towns, D'Angelo Russell and the number with the worth of his 16 professional seasons one from the last draft, Anthony Edwards.

JUANCHO HERNANGÓMEZ

After the great taste in his mouth that Juancho left in his

14 games in the Timberwolves

before the pandemic (all as a starting power forward: 12.9 points and 7.3 rebounds), after leaving the Nuggets, the Minnesota franchise signed to Madrid until 2023 in exchange for 21 million dollars.

A great scenario of growth and stability at 25 years old, in which it seems that he will start as a starter and with Ricky's company.

An opportunity not to miss.

SERGE IBAKA

Also Serge, in the best moment of his career, earned the right to choose his destiny, to value between salary or title ambitions.

As a free agent after the ring with the Raptors in 2019, he was

one of the pearls of the market

and the African opted for another attempt at glory, no less than in the Clippers alongside Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.

He confessed, yes, that his first option was to stay with the Raptors: "The Clippers are the perfect team for me at the moment, but it has not been an easy decision to make."

WILLY HERNANGÓMEZ

The pivot was the Spaniard with the most uncertainties, as he has not finished curdling in an increasingly difficult NBA for his kind.

Willy did not stop working to reinvent himself, become more mobile and add the threat of outside shooting to his repertoire.

In Hornets without aspirations and with not too much competition in his position he never had the confidence of his coach and finally ended up in the Pelicans.

A very interesting project, where he will share a dressing room with emerging stars such as

Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball

, but in which it will not be easy to find a hole either.

Steven Adams, Jaxson Hayes or the Italian Niccolo Melli seem ahead at the starting line.

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