Hereda San Pablo Burgos Transfer Watch
Hereda San Pablo Burgos made the headlines in June by reaching the Semi-Finals of the Spanish Liga Endesa season-ending tournament and of course followed up in September by conquering the BCL trophy at the Final 8 in Athens.
PROTAGONISTAS | Maksim Salash refuerza al Hereda San Pablo Burgos
— Hereda San Pablo Burgos (@SanPabloBurgos) December 16, 2020
📝 https://t.co/rvvduzkAG9#SalashDestinoColiseum 💙 pic.twitter.com/3AOunOOfrO
The latest addition to the 2020-21 roster is Belarusian international Maksim Salash, who had an explosive start to the BCL season with Tsmoki-Minsk. The 24-year-old power forward led the Minsk team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 15.5 points and 8 boards per game.
Llega Horton para colorear la pintura.
— San Pablo Burgos (@SanPabloBurgos) August 6, 2020
🏀11,8 ppp
☂️5,5 rpp
📨1,7 app#HortonDestinoColiseum pic.twitter.com/x6TrC3v7pJ
Prior to the start of the season Burgos had signed power forward Ken Horton, who spent last year at Germani Basket Brescia. The 31-year-old American averaged 11.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in the Italian Serie A with 11.1 points and 5 rebounds in the EuroCup.
PROTAGONISTAS | Omar Cook, talento asistente para la creación de juego
— San Pablo Burgos (@SanPabloBurgos) July 24, 2020
📝 https://t.co/HzYmczIKcf#CookDestinoColiseum 💙 pic.twitter.com/GFfNkfWIVp
The Spanish club also added veteran point guard Omar Cook who has previous stints at fellow ACB clubs Baskonia, Valencia, Unicaja Malaga and Estudiantes. The 38-year-old spent the 2019-20 at the fifth Spanish club of his career, Herbalife Gran Canaria, averaging 7.1 points and 6.9 assists per game in the Liga Endesa.
PROTAGONISTAS | Dejan Kravic fortalece el juego interior del San Pablo Burgos
— San Pablo Burgos (@SanPabloBurgos) July 22, 2020
📝 https://t.co/GjPzILxDu2#KravicDestinoColiseum 💙 pic.twitter.com/83rTK1JBql
Burgos brought in two players to make up their new pair at the center spot, both from fellow Spanish teams. Dejan Kravic, who was a valuable piece in Virtus Bologna's BCL title run in 2018-2019, had an excellent 2019-20 season at Monbus Obradoiro and averaged 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in the Liga Endesa.
Contundencia en defensa, eficiencia bajo el aro: @jordan_sakho, nuevo pívot para el @SanPabloBurgos.#LigaEndesa #MercadoACB pic.twitter.com/FjOhT5hPwA
— Liga Endesa (@LigaEndesa) July 21, 2020
Jordan Sakhno meanwhile spent the season at BAXI Manresa, who competed in the Regular Season of the BCL. The 23-year-old big man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo averaged 4.7 points and 4.2 rebounds in the BCL while in the Spanish league he averaged 5.9 points and 4.5 boards per game.
🔥 @xavirabaseda22, EXPERIENCIA para el @SanPabloBurgos #LigaEndesa pic.twitter.com/7zRCRGf7l2
— Liga Endesa (@ACBCOM) July 12, 2020
The Castile club have so far secured the services of Spanish international and FIBA Basketball World Cup gold medalist Xavi Rabaseda, who ended an almost four-year stint at Gran Canaria. Burgos also signed point guard Alex Renfroe, who spent last season at Zenit Saint Petersburg. Both these veteran players have previously worked with coach Joan Peñarroya.
PROTAGONISTAS | Alex Renfroe, experiencia para la dirección de juego del San Pablo Burgos
— San Pablo Burgos (@SanPabloBurgos) July 3, 2020
📝 https://t.co/XeG7q4mJXn#BienvenidoRenfroe 💙 pic.twitter.com/JzhwBpgugU
Burgos parted ways with seven players (including Pablo Aguilar, who only joined the team during a few weeks for the Liga Endesa season-ending tournament), but have renewed their collaboration with Vitor Benite, Jasiel Rivero and Thad McFadden, and have Alex Barrera and Miquel Salvó under contract.