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OHSportsFan said:
Maybe I’m not looking in the right places but there is no where that says this guy averaged 16 and 9 in Spain’s top Liga.

He played for a team that competes in that league but only made the squad/participated in 2 games - when they were playing in the much smaller Europe Cup (B squad basically).

He had 14 pts, 12 reb in one game. Then 4 pts, 2 reb the other vs some low level teams.

His most prominent playing time is 49 games in the Argentinian League (2024/25) where he averaged 7 and 3.

Seems like the Buckeye beat is hyping this up but it’s just another body to me.
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Just sayin': You should have looked at the Ohio State site....:confused:


Prior to Ohio State
  • Spent three years training with the Argentinian National Team and competed in the 2026 AmeriCup and World Cup Qualifiers for his home country
  • At the club level, he played with UCAM Murcia in Spain, playing in the Liga ACB, one of Europe’s top leagues
  • In 2025-26, he played on UCAM’s top team and averaged 18.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game and shooting nearly 60 percent from the floor
  • He played the 2024-25 season with Argentina’s most successful club team, Atenas de Córdoba, he helped lead the team to an appearance in the final four of the South American Basketball Champions League while averaging 7.4 points and 3.5 rebounds in 17.5 minutes per game.
  • At the U19 World Cup in 2023, he averaged 17.1 points and 9.0 rebounds while shooting over 56 percent from the floor in seven games for Argentina
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Just sayin': You should have looked at the Ohio State site....:confused:


Prior to Ohio State
  • Spent three years training with the Argentinian National Team and competed in the 2026 AmeriCup and World Cup Qualifiers for his home country
  • At the club level, he played with UCAM Murcia in Spain, playing in the Liga ACB, one of Europe’s top leagues
  • In 2025-26, he played on UCAM’s top team and averaged 18.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game and shooting nearly 60 percent from the floor
  • He played the 2024-25 season with Argentina’s most successful club team, Atenas de Córdoba, he helped lead the team to an appearance in the final four of the South American Basketball Champions League while averaging 7.4 points and 3.5 rebounds in 17.5 minutes per game.
  • At the U19 World Cup in 2023, he averaged 17.1 points and 9.0 rebounds while shooting over 56 percent from the floor in seven games for Argentina
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Well then I feel like he catfished our coaching staff and/or the marketing department.

There is nothing out there about him playing against true top Spanish teams (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, etc).

He was at the club, technically, but not on their top team as it says. Or only appeared in 2 games in a lower competition. His competition was mainly U22 (Liga U).

18.4 ppg would have been 2nd in the actual Liga ACB last year. Those stats have you in the NBA lottery (heck, the 22nd pick averaged like 7 and 4 in Spain).

Again, he looks like a really great mover for his size so I’m happy to have a body. Just trying to temper some expectations. I hope he brings it for the Buckeyes this year.
 
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calibuck said:
Well, I'd take someone like Oscar, a long range sharpshooter from Brazil (?) He was knocking down everything he threw up. It's been a bit of time though folks. One of the Olympics I believe.
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Oscar Schmidt, yep from Brazil. He actually played in 5 Olympics and still holds the career Olympics scoring record with 1,093 points In 38 games (28.8 avg).

He averaged 42.3 ppg at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
 
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