Scaligera Verona, what a blow: Holman’s hiring is official
VERONA – New, important graft for the newly promoted Verona. There Tezenis Scaligeraback inside A league after exactly twenty years from the last appearance, he strengthens himself in view of the next championship and announces the signing of the American joker Aric Holman, a player who can play the roles of strong forward, his natural position on the court, and center, lethal in capturing defensive rebounds. Tezenis announces it with a note published on its official channels: “Scaliger basket announces that he has signed a contract with the player of American nationality Aric Holman. Strong wing of 206 cm in height, thanks to its size and physicality it is also capable of fulfilling the role of center. Born in Owensboroin the State of Kentucky, on 11 July 1997 he has so far played over 120 games in the NCAA and 71 in the G-League, also gaining experience in Germany in his rookie year in Europe“, writes the Scala club on its official channels, retracing the career of the US winger:”Completed the iceo a OwensboroHolman from 2015 to 2019 was involved in the Mississippi State Universityteam with which he plays 4 years in NCAA collecting 124 total appearances. Season after season it finds more and more space reaching an average of 10 points per game, showing good shooting percentages both from two points (51%, 57%, 63% and 50%) and from long distance (44% and 42% in the last two seasons). Under the scoreboards he captures over 6 rebounds on average, also showing good intimidating qualities in the area with 2 blocks on average per game. In the season 20219-2020 he plays for the first time in G-League with i Legends of Texas, ending the experience with an average of 10 points and 4.4 rebounds (62% from two points, 35% from three points). In the following season he lands in Europe, signing in Germany with the Ratiopharm Ulm where in 30 games he averaged 7.2 points (54% from two points, 44% from three points). With the German formation he also plays 10 games in Eurocoppaalso addressing Brescia, in which he collected 6.3 points and 5.6 rebounds on average. In the last season he comes back in G-League and wears the shirt of Austin Spurstotaling 31 games with an average of 11.5 points (53% from two points, 28% from three points) and 6 rebounds, also earning a call from Miami Heat for a 10-day contract, with which he never took the field. He closes the year with a presence in Puerto Rico with i Giants of Carolina (2 points, 4 rebounds) “. A player who, despite his young age, already possesses a considerable technical background and experience for a club whose goal, at least on paper, is to reach salvation on the return to Serie A. Holman comments with satisfaction the landing a Veronapromising the utmost commitment to bring the Gialloblù back to the glories of the past: “It is an honor for me to play next season in Verona, I am happy to be back in Europe and to play my first championship in Italy, a fantastic place. I can’t wait to meet all the fans and my new teammates, I’m sure we will all give 110% to have a winning season. I have already talked to the coach and I had great feelings, we will have fun“.
Verona, Holman is Gialloblù: the welcome of coach and GM
Satisfied with the signing, he is the coach Alessandro Ramagli who underlines to the official microphones of the Scala club the importance of choosing, in this specific phase of the market, multipurpose players such as the 25-year-old American: “Coming towards the close of the roster it is important, in my opinion, to choose the players who can play together. We must have a package of usable lengths beyond the simple and classic rotation: we must have a little more flexibility and versatility. With this in mind, the signature of Aric Holman is perfectly suited because he is a player of size, athletic able to play on the perimeter but also to have in the result solutions to the basket or to the rebound in attack.“, underlines the coach Twigs: “An athlete who also defensively has specific aptitudes such as the sense of stopping. Clearly there are things to improve, he is a boy of ’97, but he had a taste of Europe playing a year in Germany plus in a very important club. There is a need to work, to grow together but this graft that gives us the possibility of having different joints than traditional ones“. He echoes the General manager yellow and blue, Alessandro Frosiniwhich presents the player from a distinctly tactical point of view and praises his qualities: “We enthusiastically welcome the signing of Aric Holman, a player we have followed very closely for his qualities. We were looking for an athlete who could have certain characteristics in the field and we are convinced that we have included a piece of great versatility in the long package. Strong forward who can cover two roles, his great peculiarity is the three-point shot with which he opens the field a lot. At the same time he can attack close outs and be a factor in the offensive rebound. Also, with its long levers inside the area it is a good intimidator“.