The name of Be Almansa It has been one of the most promising and that has generated the highest expectations in Spanish basketball in the medium term. The Murcian wing landed in the quarry of the Real Madrid In 2019 after having passed through UCAM Murcia.
It was at the white base two years, and in 2021 He started his way to the NBA by the American route But without going through university basketball. Overtime and Dreamerz were their institute teams between 2021 and 2023. Meanwhile, Almansa was one of the references of the lower categories of the National Team: Gold in the U-18 and silver European in the 2022 U-17 World Cup, and gold in the 2023 U-19 World Cup.
The American path to reach the NBA
Almansa advanced by leaps and bounds, and for 23/24 He decided to play in the NBA Development League, in the Ignite team which was formed by some of the great promises of world basketball. In 48 games signed 10.5 points and 7.2 average rebounds, Something that made him enroll to the NBA 2024 Draft, in a decision that would end up revoking at the last minute.
Izan Almansa, with the Spanish team / FIBA
He decided to continue his career in Australia, at the hands of the Perth Wildcats, But its performance has been discreet this last campaign: 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds By encounter, and the episode of his sanction for positive in cannabis, According to the newspaper 'La Truth'. This year it was presented to the Draft, but was not chosen by any franchise. An important inflection point in your career.
It was not selected in the last draft
Now, Almansa is trying to get a hole in the NBA through the Summer League. Spanish is part of the template of the Philadelphia 76ers that is playing the summer league. Things did not start well, after not playing a single second in the first sixers duel before the Utah jazz.
Izan Almansa played the last games of the FIBA windows under the orders of Sergio Scariolo / FIBA
With minutes in his second Summer League match with the Sixers
But the situation changed in the second clash against Oklahoma City Thunder. Almansa was on track 12 minutes and 45 seconds in which he was able to write down Four points, two of them from the personnel line, in addition to capturing three rebounds and placing a plug. The Sixers lost for 89-78, but Almansa was the player with the largest +/- of his team (+3) along with Bona.
This is next morning, Almansa will play his last game with the Sixers against the Memphis Grizzlies. From there, the future of the young 20 -year -old player, who needs stability and an important role to be able to demonstrate that this player who was spoken not so much will not recover the right path will be to be seen where he needs.
