Estra Pistoia: official a farewell in the frontcourt for Gasper Okorn

Karlis Silins è a new player of the Leyma Coruña

It's lasted less than a season Karlis Silins's adventure with the Estra Pistoia jersey. After only 19 appearances, in fact, the Latvian basketball player signed a contract until the end of the season with the Leyma Coruña, which currently occupies the last place in Liga Endesa with a record of five wins and sixteen losses.

"Leyma Coruña announces the acquisition of Karlis Silins (Riga, Latvia, July 22, 1997; 211 cm) for this 24-25 season. The 27-year-old Latvian center signs with the Orange to bolster the'area, providing more interior versatility in this second half of the championship.

Silins made his professional debut at just 17 years old in his hometown Barons league. After playing 13 games there, he crossed the ocean to join the Ole Miss Rebels of the American NCAA. The Florida Atlantic Owls knocked on his door the next year and lì spent his remaining three years in college basketball.

BK Liepaja è was his first team after leaving the U.S., where he played for two seasons averaging 15.6 points per game and 7.9 rebounds. Last season he wore the jersey of Germany’s BC Gottingen, before moving to Serie A in Pistoia, where he averaged 13.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.

"He's a tall player with the ability to act as both a 5 and a 4. He has an excellent post game and stands out for his ease of movement and agility, despite his 211 cm height. In addition to being able to produce in the area è she is also dangerous from the three-point line, where this season she has recorded her best percentages with over 40 percent effectiveness. His ability è to open up the court, along with his reliability in the basket, make him a very difficult player for opposing defenses to read.

The player successfully passed the medical examination at Quironsalud Hospital in Coruña, after undergoing the usual routine examinations under the supervision of Dr. Carlo Larino (club doctor) and Dr. Fernando Garcia (center cardiologist).

Welcome Karlis to the club and to Coruña" this is the full statement issued by the Spanish club.