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15 minutes According to sources, Venice’s Umana Reyer is particularly attracted to the 23-year-old 115kg Martyn Echod, and an agreement could be reached between the two parties in the near future.
The Venice Club, where Lithuanian Gediminas Orelikas played in the 2017-2018 season, has been fighting in the European Cup for the past two years.
This season, Umana Reyer achieved two victories in the second European Basketball Tournament, suffered eight failures and finished in the first stage.
In the Italian championship, a trip to the semifinals, in which 0-3 fell to the main contender for the title of Olimpia Milan.
The team is led by 52-year-old strategist Walter De Raffaele. This coach was able to see Lithuanian ability last season, when Vilnius Rytas shot twice with Umana Reyer in the group stage of the European Cup.
In the first match at the Siemens Arena, Echod deducted 26 points (11/17 doubles) for the Italians and set a personal record in the European Cup. In the second leg in Italy – 13 points and 6 rebounds.
However, although Kaunas played well, Rytas had to admit the Venice team’s advantage both times. Finally, Umana Reyer reached the quarterfinals, but the series with Unicaja de Málaga did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Echod, who strengthened his body and gained weight, compiled excellent statistics in the FIBA Champions League.
This match became the most productive and useful player of “Rytas”, although the Vilnius team led by Donalds Kairis slipped and did not make it to the second stage of the tournament.
After showing his muscles, M. Echodas scored 18.5 points, bounced 5.8 balls, had 1.8 assists and averaged 17.8 efficiency points.
On the home front: 11.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1 assists and an average of 14.7 utility points.
This is the most productive and effective season of Echod’s career.
M.Echodas is a product of the Kaunas “Žalgiris” system, but the city’s first team never spoke. At the age of 19, he went from substitutes for Žalgiris to Šiauliai, and for the last four seasons he played for Morning.
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