Virtus Bologna, Alston out of the game, Jakovljevic has already decided who to target to replace him

Injury to Derrick Alston is serious: dislocated fracture of the third metacarpal of his left hand. In fact, the American is out of the game. Almost impossible for him to return during the post season. A hard blow for the V Nere who lose a very important element of the roster.

A class of 1997, son of art (dad Derrick sr played in the NBA and in Europe, winning a Turkish championship with Efes and twice the Liga ACB, with Manresa and Barcelona), Derrick Alston jr arrived in Bologna on the eve of this season, after his experience in Spain at Manresa. He also previously wore the undershirts of Rostock Seawolves in Germany and Salt Lake City Stars in the G League.

This season with Virtus, Alston jr scored 12.6 points on average, averaging 57.4% from two and 42.4% from distance. Against Trent, in game-1 of the quarters, he had put up 21 points in 19 minutes, also adding two rebounds and as many assists and being the best of his team in terms of rating (24).

At this point, it is clear that a solution is needed to remedy the absence of Derrick Alston. Almost certainly, coach Nenad Jakovljevic will target Matt Morgan, who, therefore, will return to the 12 after being left out due to the issue related to the maximum number of foreigners that can be used in the league.