{"id":232274,"date":"2021-08-16T22:12:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T20:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=232274"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:12:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T20:12:29","slug":"rockets-sign-usman-garuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/rockets-sign-usman-garuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets sign Usman Garuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-body\">\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<p>The Houston Rockets today announced they have signed forward Usman Garuba, who was the 23rd overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.\u00a0 After competing for the Spanish national team in the Olympics, the 19-year-old joined the Rockets entry in NBA Summer League 2021, which runs\u00a0through Aug. 17\u00a0in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Garuba (6-8, 220) spent last season with Real Madrid in Spain\u2019s Liga ACB and was the recipient of the ACB Best Young Player award along with being named the EuroLeague Rising Star, recognizing the top player under the age of 22.<\/p>\n<p>Including their run to the ACB championship game, Real Madrid posted a 38-5 mark, with Garuba averaging 5.8 points and 5.3 rebounds in 18.3 minutes per game.\u00a0 During the EuroLeague playoffs, he became the youngest player in the competition\u2019s postseason history to record a double-double with 24 points and 12 rebounds vs. Anadolu Efes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston announces their Draft pick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":231310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[20,15725],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-232274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-ufficiale","typology-comunicato"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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