By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Unicaja has executed the clause provided for in Yankuba Sima’s contract so that the center from Girona, who joined at the beginning of January from Reyer Venezia, continues for another year in the team, where he has ended up being an important piece after curdling a great Playoff. Sima’s high flights will continue at Unicaja.
Yankuba Sima will continue to defend the colors of Unicaja. The club has executed the clause provided for in his contract to extend the relationship with the center from Girona for one more year, until 2024. The center, 2.11 meters tall and 26 years old, further strengthens the inside game for next season in Ibon Navarro’s team.
The big man joined the Malaga team at the beginning of January from the Italian Reyer Venezia to alleviate the loss due to the serious injury of Augusto Lima. From then on, the player has been providing forcefulness and determination under the hoops to become one of the pillars of the team in the Endesa League Playoff, where he has put together great performances against the powerful inside game of Lenovo Tenerife and Barça.
During this course, Sima has played 35 games, averaging 5.4 points, 3.5 rebounds with a 57.5% accuracy rate on 2-for-6.5 shots, numbers to which he adds great defensive activity. As we have already said, his best performances came in the final stretch of the season, where he had great matches, the most notable being the one he played at the Palau Blaugrana against Barça in the first game of the Playoff semifinals, where he scored 19 points ( 9/9 on 2-point shooting), 5 rebounds, 2 assists and a 24 PIR block.
With this renewal, Unicaja will continue to have one of the national centers with the greatest margin for progression, having formed part of BAXI Manresa for 4 seasons, as well as the first part of this season at Reyer Venezia. Sima is also a regular for the Spanish National Team during the FIBA Windows, with 10 caps.