"Someone is going to have to sweep the house."
The words of Pablo Laso, between their usual irony and the obvious need, made it clear in the preview of the classic Christmas ACB that Real Madrid could not remain static with the panorama that
Campazzo's departure and the very serious injury
had left in the squad
by Antonhy Randolph
.
After the earthquake caused by the Heurtel case and once the market was scrutinized, the white club has found the reinforcement: Alex Tyus.
Tyus and Mirotic in the 2014 Euroleague final, in Milan.
The pivot is an old white nightmare.
His
12 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks
that escorted the devil Tyrese Rice that night in May at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan
are burned into the imaginary Madrid
, when Real Madrid lost their second consecutive Euroleague final, cruelly in extra time against the Maccabi of Tel Aviv of David Blatt.
What happens is that six and a half years have passed.
And the star of Tyus, who was undoubtedly one of the most dominant guys on the continent thanks to his ability to intimidate and to play over the basket with his physique and his size, no longer shines with the same force within days of his birthday. 33 years.
From that final, already forgotten with the crowns of 2015 and 2018, Rudy Fernández, Jaycee Carroll, Sergio Llull and Felipe Reyes survive in the white squad.
Also Pablo Laso, who, after ruling out other options such as the return of Gustavo Ayón, now receives an experienced center (176 Euroleague games between Cantú, Galatasaray, Maccabi in two stages and Efes ...), capable of occupying the positions four and five, intimidating and good defender.
But a player who does not lavish from the triple, who was never a great scorer and whose percentages from the free throw usually leave something to be desired.
He is not a star or a bet for the future, as happened a few years ago when Ognjen Kuzmic's injury led to
the arrival of Edy Tavares
.
Which denotes, as expected, an investment with the handbrake in the midst of a pandemic, although Madrid has to compensate Galatasaray, a team in which it was playing the Turkish League and the FIBA Basketboll Champions League, from which Tyus fired this Tuesday.
One of the premises that it does meet is that of your passport.
Converted to Judaism in 2011 and
nationalized Israeli since 2012
(he played the 2013 Eurobasket with the Hebrew team), the one from San Luis, formed in the Florida Gators - there he was a partner of now Barcelona player Nick Calathes - will not occupy an extra-community place.
Thus, Laso will not have to discard for the Endesa League.
A reinforcement, never better said, to give Tavares a break and accompany Garuba, Thompkins and a Reyes who has not even been called up in the last two games of the year, despite the absences, in the internal rotation.
Now it remains to be seen if the whites go for a point guard, something that does not seem easy after the
Heurtel operation was blown up
, in which Barça went into a rage after learning the intentions of the French base with Real Madrid in full negotiation for the termination of your contract.
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