Bad news for Izan Almansa. One of the players with the greatest projection of the Spanish basketball For the next seasons you will have to meet sanction after having given positive in a control antidoping.
As published by the Code Sports portal and confirms the Murcian newspaper La Truth, Almansa tested positive for cannabis consumption Last December when he was playing in the Perth Wildcats of the Australian basketball league.
Izan Almansa played the last games of the FIBA windows under the orders of Sergio Scariolo / FIBA
A sanction that has already fulfilled
The same information suggests that Almansa has already fulfilled the punishment, which was a month of suspension, between May and June. Therefore, this punishment does not conflict with a possible call for SERGIO SCARIOLO For the next Eurobasket, or the hypothetical participation in the NBA summer league.
Because we must not forget that the announcement of Almansa's sanction has been made public nine days after the draft of the American competition is carried out. The will of the Spanish international is to be able to find a hole in the league, although in Australia, he has averaged 6.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in the oceanic championship.
Picture drop in the predictions of the next draft
In 2024 he retired from the draft, something he has not done for this 2025. He has disappeared from the main pages that his forecasts make in terms of the elections for the Draft, and only 'Hoopshype' keeps him in the 58th position in which they would select the Cleveland Cavaliers.
A sanction that, according to 'the truth', He has not sat at all well in the Spanish Basketball Federation, who has opted for Almansa in recent times, being summoned by Scariolo for the FIBA windows for the Eurobasket this summer.
Izan Almansa, with the Spanish team / FIBA
It will be to see if this positive affects Almansa's options to play next season in the NBA. The future of the young 20 -year -old is an unknown, and who knows if this 2.08 meters wing The following campaign can return to Spanish basketball.
