‘Hidden’ Spanish star Ossobor’s American dream

Big Osoborthis The ‘hidden’ stars of Spanish basketballalongside a great program of players becoming future NBA stars.

The powerful forward from Tudela surprised the NCAA with impressive numbers in his first year at Utah State and has now sneaked into the league. Ken Bohm Top 10 selected player “National Player of the Year” (Best of the Season Award).

Zach Eddy (Purdue), Jayden Leddy (San Diego State), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Kyle Filipowski (Duke), Wade Taylor (Texas A&M), P.J. Hall (Clemson), Tristan Newton (UConn), Dillon Jones (Webber State) and Armando Bacot (Northern Carolina) surpassed the Spanish forward in this category.

The legendary player who won the NCAA Elsmith College Player of the Year award

Last season’s “Naismith College Player of the Year” winner was Canadian giant Zach Eadie (Purdue University).

Throughout history, many NBA stars have received this prestigious award: Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant, Elton Brand, Tim Duncan, Larry Johnson, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan, Ralph Sampson, Larry Bird, Will Walton, Pete Maravich or Lew Alcindor (Kareem · Abdul-Jabbar).

Great Osobor is 20 years old and 2.03m tall. Weighing 105 kilograms, he averaged 20.5 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2.3 blocks and 1.2 steals per game this season.

The great Osobor’s career, from Tudela to NCAA to UK

Osobor was born in Tudela and entered the NCAA in 2021. He played for CB Genesis until he was 12 years old and later moved to Bradford (UK) with his family.

“Although I have not been living in Spain for some time now, it would be my dream to represent Spain if they chose me,” Osobol said in a statement reproduced by “zonadebasquet.com” in 2021.

In the UK, he played for the Myersko University Basketball Academy in Preston (18.7 points, 11 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 blocks) and the Bradford Dragons (17.1 points and 10 blocks in NBL1 Rebounds), became the MVP of the 2021 HoopsFix U19 All-Star Classic, which attracted the attention of American universities and will be held in Montana in 2021.

“My dream is to play in the NBA or try to play in a high-level professional league,” Osobor admitted on “zonadebasquet.com.”