MADRID, 29 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Casademont Zaragoza has confirmed this Saturday, through its website, the reinforcement for its outside game with the “exuberant scoring ability” of the American guard Mark Smith, 23 years old and 1.95 meters tall.
It is “a very versatile reinforcement” and that “it can do many things.” This was stated by the rojillo coach, Porfirio Fisac, to the club’s official media. “He is generous, hungry, enthusiastic, driven. And above all, with an enormous degree of talent,” added Fisac.
In its press release, Casademont Zaragoza has highlighted Smith’s “exuberant scoring ability” due to his average of 16.7 points per game last season at Göttingen in the German Bundesliga, being the third highest scorer in the competition. .
To this is added “an unstoppable physical power in rebounding” and that “leads him to capture 7.1 rejections per clash despite being an outside player”, also distributing 2.8 assists and “making play” to his teammates, and also “establishing himself as a very complete player with experience in Europe”.
“We wanted someone who had played in Europe and who had the chance to continue growing. He’s young and has a lot of ambition to reach the ACB,” said Fisac. In his country, Smith led Edwardsville High School to the No. 1 ranking in Illinois for the first time in its history while averaging 22 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
As icing on the cake, at the same time he was named player of the year. “It is an enormous illusion to have a man like Mark because he is going to be an important player,” Fisac concluded in the analysis of his brand new addition to his squad.