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2019-12-24T14:05:10.109Z


Gilad Levy (17, 2.16m) makes a corps in Spain • "NBC? He has the talent," said the man who discovered him, and also the Israeli Antococcomports basketball


Gilad Levy (17, 2.16m) records a wonderful season opening at the Academy of Academics • "NBC has the talent and conditions," said Willie Villar, the man who discovered the Israeli chin and before him Janis Antocompo: "The situation with Gilad was Similar"

  • Gilead Levi. the next big thing

    Photo:

    Estudiantes - the official site

This past Saturday, Estudiantes B defeated Real Madrid B in a 20-point difference. One of the outstanding ones: Gilad Levy with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 24 index points. But the Israeli chin (17) record is not surprising at all. He opened his second season in the suburban Madrid group in a tremendous way.

The Blancos second team is based on young talents from the youth team that won the Euroleague Championship last season and includes huge talents such as Croatian Boris Tisma, Italian Matteo Spanolo and Sadiq Garova, brother of Osman Garova who already joins the senior team and excites European basketball. Winning such a difference at her expense is really not a thing of it.

In recent weeks, his team has participated in two reputable youth tournaments - in Tenerife (up to 18) and Gran Canaria (up to 19) - and has competed in the best academies from around the world such as Real Madrid, Stella Azore and the US Talent Academy, finishing third and fourth respectively, with two being selected to the fifth quintet. And to the outstanding chin.

Gilad Levi | ID

Age: 17

Height: 2.16 m

Place of birth: Ashdod

Group: B students (Spain, fourth league)

Averages: 11.2 pts and 7.8 rbs

Youth Department: Gilboa / Springs

Levy (left) at the Gran Canaria tournament // Photo: Estudiantes - the official website

Find the right greenhouse

One of Spain's great experts in discovering and developing young talents is the Professional Director of Estudents, Willie Villar, who previously worked in Zaragoza and from 2016 leads the club from Madrid. During his time, many players advanced to big teams, including the LBI, for example, Juanito Hernangomes, who plays for the Denver Nuggets, and Brazilian Lucas Noguera for the Toronto Raptors.

"That's our philosophy. We put young players in the first team and try to develop them. A lot of them move to big teams in Europe or the NBC, which is a great honor when that happens," says Villar in a special talk with "Israel Today."

Levi, who stands at 2.16m and played in the Hapoel Gilboa / Spring youth division before leaving for Spain in the summer of 2018, recorded beautiful averages in the team playing in the fourth league in Spain - 11.2 points (62.3 percent for 2) and 7.8 rebounds in 25.2 subtlety. His abilities in recent tournaments have impressed many scouts from the BBC who attended the field and talked about him with his reps and club members.

Villar. Believes in Levi's development // Photo: Estudiantes - the official website

Pini Gershon, the professional manager of the Israeli national team, also recently flew to Madrid to closely monitor the development of the chin, which is expected to be a major screw in the youth team at the European Championship rankings this summer. Gershon stayed at the club for five days, attended training, had conversations with the player and his coaches and might be coming for another visit later in the season.

"We are waiting for the right moment for Gilad to start training with the first team," Villar adds. "He is in the process and we are very pleased with his progress. He needs to continue his hard work, develop physically and add mass and weight. He is a very promising player for Israeli basketball and the Israeli team."

Many European players move to NBC, Gilad can aim there?

"You have to be careful with this, because he is very young and he has to work a lot. He has the talent and the conditions to get far. A player like him can get where he wants. If he continues his path, there is no reason not to."

The man who discovered Antocompo

Villar (50) signs the discovery of one of Europe's greatest talents to ever leave the United States - Janis Antocompo the MVP of the best league in the world, accompanied by a story that sounded somewhat delusional in the age of the global village.

"I was the sports director of Zaragoza, and one day I got an email with a video of a young Greek named Janis Antetokompo. It was a surprise to me because he was very young and I saw high abilities on his part. A player of about two meters who is excellent pitcher and can also score. To me that he is 17. I immediately realized there was something interesting here, "Villar recalls." By the way, the situation with Gilad was similar - Aviad (Gronich; YM), his agent, sent me a three-minute performance video. I immediately recognized the potential and asked them to come to Madrid. Within a few weeks, we closed and signed a contract. "

Janis. "I didn't understand how no one put their hand on it" // Photo: USA Today Sports

And back to the Green Freak: "After a week I went to Greece to watch it. I've been working with young people for many years and I've never seen a guy with so much potential. He took a rebound, went all three pitches and finished in a dunk. Normal. He did everything he wanted on the field. I didn't understand how no one had put his hand on him yet. "

Villar did not hesitate, "I quickly signed it for four years in Zaragoza (with an option to depart from the US, YM) and as soon as it became public, all US Scouts began arriving in Greece to see it. After a few months, he was voted 15th Draft and the rest is history. "

Did you already think that he could be one of the best in the world?

"Yes, that's exactly what I thought. At that time, all of Europe was talking about Dario Saric, because he made great tournaments at a young age, but when I saw Janis it was crazy. I told myself he had much better potential than Dario Saric, and nobody knew At first, I thought Janis was very young and scored only 9 points on average in the second league in Greece, and it didn't make sense to compare him to a talent like Sarich, but once I saw him in training, everything changed and I realized he could get as far as possible. "

Source: israelhayom

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