Braian Angola will make history by becoming the third Colombian to play the ACB League. The escort signed with Gran Canaria after an outstanding season in Türkiye.
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New pride for Colombian basketball. Braian Angola was officially announced as the new Dreamland Gran Canaria player, a club that competes in the prestigious ACB League, considered the second most important in the world after the NBA. With this incorporation, Angola becomes the third Colombian in history to dispute the ACB, after Juan Diego Tello and Jaime Echenique.
The 31 -year -old escort and 1.98 meters arrives from Turk Telekom in Turkey, where he signed an outstanding season: he averaged 12.1 points, 5.3 assists and 4.4 rebounds in the league, and went up to 16.1 points in the Eurocup. His best numbers arrived in the playoffs against Fenerbahce, with 21.3 points per game.
The Canarian club describes Angola as “a reliable scorer, with good rebounding capacity and game reading”, in addition to highlighting his versatility to play in the three exterior positions. In the last three seasons in Europe, Angola maintained more than 40 % success in three -point shots.
With his arrival, the Gran Canaria seeks to fill the hole left by the exits of Caleb Homesley and Joe Thomasson, adding a player who can contribute in attack, defense and generate game.
From Villavicencio to the ACB: the path of Braian Angola
Angola was born in Villavicencio, Meta, and at 16 he moved to the United States to train in Findlay PREP, one of the most recognized academies of school basketball. He later played in Florida State University, where he averaged 12.5 points in his last university season.
In 2018 he presented himself to the NBA Draft, although he was not chosen, but played in the Development League with Lakeland Magic before making the leap to Europe. His first club in the Old Continent was the Filou Oostende de Belgica, where he won the League and averaged more than 14 points in the Champions League.
Then he would go through teams such as Partizan, Ironi Nes Ziona (with which he won the FIBA Europe Cup), Galatasaray, Pinar Karsiyaka, Aek Athens, Hapoel Tel-Aviv and, finally, Turk Telekom.
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