NBA-Top Foreign players expected to excel in the NBA (Part 5)
Continuing our list for players who are the foreign players in the NBA and have caught the eyes of people by the performances that they have been able to come up with we have the inclusion of Serge Ibaka in the list too.
Serge Ibaka is a one of the power forward or centre in the Oklahoma City Thunders line up. For those of you who don’t know this player, he is one extremely talented and physically very strong player who according to the senior sports followers is expected to be a stud this upcoming season. They also say that you better become familiar with this player otherwise in future when he rises to the top at once you don’t get a shock that you don’t know this extravagant player.
The start of the season saw him play not so much of time in the starting line up but as the season progressed and then he progressed smoothly. Improving on his performances this player managed to impress his coach which resulted in him increase his playing time in the Oklahoma City team and gain more respect in the eyes of the coach. The end of the season this extremely talented player was able to put up some good statistics with 10 points per game, eight rebounds per game and around two blocks per game while taking part in 22 minutes of the game.
Competing against some of the best players in the league like Pau Gasol this player didn’t bring this in mind that how big or achieved a player was, all he knew was that he had goals that he needed to fulfil. And according to experts this players was able to fulfil them with the best of his abilities. He only had a good end to the regular season but also managed to come up with impressive performances during the playoffs. With a year of experience and good performances backing him, this player is expected to be in the starting line up this upcoming season and if not that then he would surely play an important role when he comes off the bench according to senior sports journalists.
Ibaka is expected to make the biggest leap of all the players in the list without a doubt and then excel even further when he would be able to come up with performances that will not only benefit and strength the Thunders chances of finishing in a good position but also add to his personal statistics to boost them greatly according to experts.
The third position in the list is occupied by the ever so impressing Omri Casspi. The rookie season for this player started on a slow and gradually this player improved to such a height that he was able to cement his position in the starting line-up during the rookie season. But a after the start of the New Year his performance started to decline which saw him back on the bench again.
The decline is explained by the experts as a result of this player previously playing in a league which was way shorter than the NBA. But after gaining the experience and the one year under his belt, this player is expected to improve on his performance this season by lasting longer during the season when comes to the impressive performances by the player. Sports analysts say that this player would without a doubt emerge as one of the best young players in the Kings line up and then in future also be the leader of the team.
This player is one of the hard working players in the NBA and if we view his previous work then it is said that this player worked day and night with coaches on how to defend the big and best players in the league. This hunger to compete and stop the best players is the standout quality that will in future make him a champion and a legend of the game in future according to many international sports columnists.
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