June 2024, Unicaja at the planning of the season with almost all resolved fronts. It is only aware of a couple of situations … concrete, the continuity in the template of Tyson Carter and Dylan Ostkowski. The power wing had been on everyone’s lips for the interest of teams such as Barcelona, but within the Cajista club, it was known since the matter was mortgaged by the positive that had not yet transcended. In the case of Carter, the situation was different. There were a couple of interested Euroleague teams, but he was trusted to convince him to continue in Malaga. Otherwise, the substitute was already identified and almost appropriate: Hunter Hale.
As in his day he spent Darío Brizuela and Kameron Taylor, the Malaga club was foresee and tried to look for a player of the same characteristics and Hale gave the profile. 27 -year -old American escort, Hale had liked the sports direction of the Club and Ibon Navarro for his performances with the Promitheas, who was a rival of Unicaja in the quarterfinals of the Champions League of last campaign. Although at that time the spotlights were put on their teammate Anthony Cowan, one of the best scorers in the competition, Hale offered an interesting profile, especially for his excellent three -point shot. The matter was there, because it was indicated at the time, there was no total consensus on Carter’s replacement.
Unicaja’s priority was to renew that of Mississippi at all costs. A great economic effort was necessary to convince him that his site was still Malaga. In addition, the contract was extended with a guaranteed year, although it contemplates an exit before a certain date by an amount that is not high, hence the risk that is once again in the coming months.
That agreement with Carter closed at the last moment the door of Unicaja to Hunter Hale, which asked other Endesa League teams that did not reach their economic claims. The player, in the end, decided to continue in Greece and took a leap with his signing for the AEK, with which he has now reached the Final Four of the Basketball Champions League and, things of destiny, he will face the Unicaja.
As expected by the Malaga club with that commitment to Hale, he is an ascending online player. His numbers of this campaign have been held in the Rival Cajista in the semifinal of the Champions League, taking into account that he has a less protagonist role than in the promitheas. The escort born in Mistchigan average 15.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and three assists per game in 25 minutes, with 36.6% in throws of three. This last fact is the most representative of his game, as he launches an average of six triples per game.
The Final Four of Athens will allow on Friday 9 an interesting duel between Tyson Carter and Hunter Hale, two players who opt for the MVP of the season in the Champions League. The first is signing his best campaign in the ranks. Base or escort, Carter is a more complete player than the one who arrived in Malaga assigned by the Zenit after playing, like Hale, in Greece. On the other hand, the AEK shooter will have an extra motivation for that frustrated signing that would have allowed him to make a great leap in his career.
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