The forward has scored at a high level in the two League games and reaches the top of the Barça debut in the Euroleague
Renewed until 2026, he was above 50% in triples last year despite being KO for five months
Parallel to the mediatic signing of Nikola Mirotic in the summer of 2019, Barça also ‘repatriated’ an Àlex Abrines from the NBA that he had parted ways with the Oklahoma City Thunder a few months before due to personal problems and that he signed for two seasons plus an optional one.
The man from Malaga, who had already dressed as a Barça player between 2012 and 2016, returned with stripes to be an important player under the orders of Svetislav Pesic. And he was, although it was difficult for him to get a regularity that he did find more in the following year with Jasikevicius.
Nevertheless, a knee injury early last year kept him KO until February and in the final phase of the season he alternated excellent performances with gray games and with some in which the coach did not give him minutes.
Abrines, in the final of the Catalan League
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Out of Sergio Scariolo’s list for the Eurobasket at his own request, Abrines has focused on getting ready by doing the preseason with Barça from the first day and the good results are not long in coming.
The ex of Unicaja has been with Sertaç Sanli the best Barça player in the overall count of the two league games played with the excellent aim from the perimeter that he has exhibited at certain times in the last three seasons.
After finishing the 2019-20 season with a triple percentage of 36.7% in the Endesa League, the forward raised those figures to 43.5% in the following and to a magnificent 56.1% in the past. And in the Euroleague it has moved between 46.2% in the first campaign, 42.3% in 2020-21 and 51.1% in the last.
That is Abrines comes from a sensational course at the level of aim in which he scored more triples in all competitions (55) than he missed (47) despite having some bad streak.
Laprovittola and Abrines congratulate themselves against Baskonia
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With reliable batteries at a very good level, Abrines is taking advantage of the circumstances in the Endesa League that force Saras to rule out two important pieces due to the issue of quotas.
In the initial defeat at the ‘Granca’ court (88-85), the player from Palma scored 17 points with an excellent 5/9 in triples and went to +12 in almost 29 minutes.
And on Sunday it was one of the keys in the spectacular comeback against Baskonia (89-74) with two triples and a ‘two plus one’ in the first three minutes of the third quarter to finish with 13 (3/7 triples) and +15 in 21′. In addition, in both games he grabbed six rebounds.
Renewed until 2026 and with the full confidence of Saras, Àlex Abrines is willing to be one of Barça’s referents and he wants to continue showing it on Friday in the first game of the Euroleague, at the Palau against a bone like Olympiacos.