Boomers centre Duop Reath will be part of the rising listing of Australians within the NBA subsequent season, set to signal a one-year take care of the Portland Trail Blazers.
The South Sudan-born, Perth-raised Reath impressed with Portland’s Summer League staff and was then an environment friendly starter within the Boomers’ World Cup marketing campaign.
Reath, who has performed in Serbia, the NBL with Illawarra, China and most just lately Lebanon, was promoted to start out after Jock Landale’s damage on the eve of the World Cup.
He shot 75 per cent from lengthy vary and 81 per cent on all photographs, averaging 8.6 factors, 2.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in lower than quarter-hour per recreation.
He’s now set to hitch Houston centre Landale within the NBA and add to a swelling listing of Australian expertise – a report 9 Boomers with expertise within the league not together with Reath performed on the World Cup – within the NBA.
Compatriot Matisse Thybulle was traded to the Trail Blazers earlier this yr, each males capable of cement their place at subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics with robust NBA type in 2024.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
