A former Los Angeles Lakers for the'Estra Pistoia
L’Estra Pistoia places an important reinforcement on the market in view of the season finale. Through a note issued on its official channels, in fact, the Tuscan club announced the signing of Hungarian wing Vincent Valerio-Bodon, who will already be available to his new team for the next championship challenge against Olimpia Milano.
Born in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) on May 2, 2001, 206cm by 95kg, Valerio-Bodon since his childhood moved to Hungary and in 2019 made his debut in the Magyar top league with Atomeromu SE jersey where he rose from 7 minutes of average usage in his first year to 20.2 in his second with 5.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
In the 2021/22 season he moved to Debrecen confirming on the same numbers before finally exploding in 2022/23 with Sopron where he played 26′, 8.6 and 4.4 rebounds per game average. In the summer of 2023 he plays the Summer League with the Boston Celtics and, in September, signs for the Los Angeles Lakers and then spends the season in the G-League with the satellite team, namely the South Bay Lakers where he plays 18′ average with 40% from 2 producing 5.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per outing.
More important numbers those totaled in the current season, which started again with the South Bay Lakers (24′ per game with 7.3 points and 37% from 2) and then ended last Sunday with the Rip City Remix, the reference team in the G-League of the Portland Trail Blazers: with that jersey he played 18 games for 20.4′ of usage seasoned with 6.6 points and 3.3 rebounds with 43% from 2 and 35% from 3.
“Vincent is a young player who played the last two years in the G-League. The season there is now over and so he was available. He will help us until the end of the season and, for him, this is a big step: therefore, we count on having a motivated player with us. With his arrival we confirm what is our task, which is to fight until the end and play the games remaining between now and the end of the season to the best of our ability” this is the welcome message from the head coach of Estra Pistoia Gasper Okorn.
