{"id":449492,"date":"2025-07-03T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=449492"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:53:45","slug":"neal-sako-joins-valencia-basket-its-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/neal-sako-joins-valencia-basket-its-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Neal Sako joins Valencia Basket: it&#8217;s official"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news-detail__body\">\n<div class=\"news-detail__content\">\n<section class=\"basic-block\">\n<div class=\"html-content\">\n<p>Valencia Basket has reached an agreement for French international center Neal Sako (2.10m, Aubergenville, 08\/13\/1998, 26 years old) to join our men\u2019s team. The player has already signed a contract for the next two seasons, through June 30, 2027, after successfully completing his medical and physical examinations at Quir\u00f3nSalud Hospital in Valencia.<\/p>\n<p>Neal Sako arrives from LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, where he made his EuroLeague debut this season, playing in 33 games\u201427 of them as a starter\u2014averaging 9 points and 6.2 rebounds (the seventh-best in the competition), with a performance index rating of 12.4. One of the areas in which he particularly stood out in his first season in Europe\u2019s top competition was offensive rebounding, ranking second in the league with 2.7 offensive boards per game and grabbing 16.5% of all available offensive rebounds. 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