Tag: Liga ACB

Celtics camp invitee Jake Layman finds home for 2022-23 season with Spain’s Bàsquet Manresa

Located in the Spanish city of the same name, Layman will not be the first NBAer to play for the team

Boston Celtics 2022 training camp invitee Jake Layman has found a home for the 2022-23 season. HoopsHype’s Alberto De Roa reported the Maryland alumnus signed with Spain’s Bàsquet Manresa, S.A.D. of the Liga ACB and Basketball Champions Leagues.

Located in the Spanish city of the same name, the team has a history of signing NBA-level players. Serge Ibaka, Derrick Alston and Hall of Famer George Gervin are among those who have donned the uniform in what is considered the highest level of play in Spain and among the best in Europe’s national leagues.

The Layman era with the Celtics was a short one. The Norwood, Massachusetts, native played in two preseason contests.

Over that stretch, Layman logged 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assists per game while shooting a forgettable 28.6% from the field and 33.3% from beyond the arc.

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Former Laker great Pau Gasol wins Liga ACB title with FC Barcelona

Los Angeles Lakers great Pau Gasol is still winning championships outside of the NBA.

While the Los Angeles Lakers won’t be lifting a championship trophy this season, former players of the franchise are doing so overseas.

Lakers great Pau Gasol, who signed with Liga ACB club FC Barcelona earlier in the year, is a champion yet again.

FC Barcelona defeated Real Madrid in the Liga ACB Final, 92-73, to take home the league title.

Gasol played 20 minutes off the bench and added 11 points, six rebounds and two assists. Nikola Mirotic, who also played in the NBA a few seasons ago, led all scorers with 27 points in 23 minutes.

The win marks Gasol’s third Liga ACB trophy, as he won two in 1999 and 2001 before coming to the NBA. Gasol was also the ACB Finals MVP in the 2001 victory.

Gasol came to Los Angeles via trade in the 2007-08 season and played for the franchise until the 2013-14 season.

The 40-year-old big man helped deliver back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010, and he also made the All-Star team in three consecutive seasons from 2009 to 2011.

The final might have been Gasol’s last professional game. If it is, he’s had an incredible journey and career that has spanned multiple decades.

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