Luca Vildoza has become the third Argentine to leave the Endesa League to head for the NBA in recent months.
A unique phenomenon this season, since
all three did it with the course started
.
The
TD Systems Baskonia
guard
will play the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs with the New York Knicks, the revelation team in the Eastern conference.
Under the orders of Tim Thibodeau, he will do so in exchange for about 3.5 million dollars, although he will have to pay two to leave the Vitorian club.
In addition, he has signed a contract for three more seasons (in total about $ 14 million), although these are not guaranteed.
A phenomenon similar to that which occurred with
Facundo Campazzo
in the first months of the season, when he left Real Madrid for the Nuggets.
And, even more similar to the Gabriel Deck case, who a few weeks ago left the white club to play for the Thunder.
The situation of the former Baskonia player, MVP of the last Final Phase of the Endesa League, is very similar to Deck's. The Knicks had money available to spend (they were
2.45 million below the salary floor
, like the Thunder) before the end of this season (if not, they are forced to distribute it among the current members of the squad) and therefore they bet for a player with projection - Vildoza is 25 years old - to test. Ahead you will have Elfrid Payton and Derrick Rose, among others.
Shortly after ESPN (Wojnarowski) announced it, Baskonia himself made something official that the journalist Chema de Lucas announced a few days ago.
"Club and player have reached an agreement to separate their paths
after four seasons
in which the Argentine game director has played a total of 228 official matches with the Barça shirt," reads the statement, which highlights him as the "author of the basket that gave Saski Baskonia his last league title. "
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