Trento places Daulton Hommes hit, Paolo Galbiati thrilled
Dolomiti Energia Trentino, here is Daulton Hommes
Daulton Hommes è a new player of Dolomiti Energia Trentino. It was announced by the HCL company itself: "Dolomiti Energia Trentino announces that it has reached an agreement until the end of the season with an option for 2024-25 with U.S. wing Daulton Hommes".
Born in Bellingham, Washington State, on July 4, 1996, 204 centimeters for 99 kilograms, Hommes began his professional career in 2019 playing for the Austin Spurs in the G-League (8.3-point average in 36 games). In 2020-21, his first season in Europe è the one of consecration: at Vanoli Cremona, coached by coach Paolo Galbiati, Hommes travels to average 16.4 points and 4.6 rebounds in Serie A, shooting 42.7 percent from three.
Numbers that earned him an NBA contract with the New Orleans Hornets for the following season, in which Daulton è starred mainly with the Louisiana franchise’s development squad (13.4 points per game with the Birmingham Squadron). In 2022-23 the return to Europe è with the Baskonia jersey: with the strong Basque team Hommes played 55 official games between the Spanish league and Euroleague averaging 7.9 points in 19’ of usage.
Daulton, who in recent months has been working to recover from knee surgery, è currently in the United States waiting to receive his visa and be able to join the team ahead of the Bologna challenge and the Scudetto playoffs: he will play with the number 34.
"I am overjoyed to have found in Daulton the same ambitious young man with the desire to get involved that I left in Cremona a few years ago – admitted coach Paolo Galbiati to the official channels of the Trentino club -. At the technical level, we certainly don’t discover him: he has a remarkable shot, physicalityà the last experiences have further matured him; he has to regain the feeling with the basketball played but I am sure he will try to get into our spirit and our team identity. Without putting too many expectations on him, but aware of what he canò give us".
