The long Nigerian played in Treviso last season, the company will announce after the appointment of the new coach
SASSARI. Christian Mekowulu will be the new center of Dinamo Banco di Sardegna. The official status is still missing, but the clues and indiscretions that in recent days have animated the virtual (and not) arenas of the wedge ball, lead straight to the 205 centimeters and 110 kilograms of the African totem. It is clear that Sassari will probably wait to announce the new coach to officially place the pawns on the chessboard. But it is certain that the basketball market never sleeps, and the shots are placed even in the silence of the summer that leads to the Olympics.
Like Shane Lawal – unforgotten hero of the biancoblù treble – Mekowulu also comes from Nigeria. He was born in Lagos on March 17, 1995, and trained in America between high school (Covent Christian Academy, Georgia) and the college he attended between Tennesse State University and Texas A&M. In the first two years of university he travels on averages of 12.8 and 8 rebounds per game, stands out in defense and moved to Texas (8.5 points and 6.5 rebounds) completes his training until he deserves a chance overseas. Italy welcomes the rookie in his first season as a pro. The basketball baptism is in the A2 series, in the Orzinuovi jersey, where he dominates between the rebounds (12.4) and the double double is a constant that brings him to the fore of the category and arouses the interest of the clubs of the top league.
De ‘Longhi Treviso observes him, chooses him and throws him into the fray. League A immediately learns about him. The long Nigerian blends physicality with determination, works on technique and improves his skills. Despite his young age, he proves to be up to the task even in the presence of experienced “colleagues”, centimeters and higher weight. He faces them and does not disfigure, as told by the Super Cup played against Reyer Venezia. In Treviso, a team in which he shared the parquet together with a beloved former Sassari such as David Logan – who also returned to orbit Dinamo, radio market whispers – wore the number 21 on his tank top. points (61.2%) and in fourth place among the stackers (1.2) of the championship. In the regular season he sends 12.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game on the scoresheet; in the playoffs he says 17 points, 7.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game.
Present from the media, present in the colored area, physically present and capable of catalyzing the attention and fouls of the opposing defenders, Christian Mekowulu seems to have what it takes to confirm himself and do well also at Dinamo. Waiting for the black on white of the press release to launch it definitively in biancoblù limelight.