Valencia Basket continues to consolidate its national core with the renewal of one of its pillars. Xabi López-ArosteguiSpanish international eaves, He has extended his contract with the Taronja Club until June 2027.
The Valencian entity continues to bet on its block of players trained in national basketball at a key moment in its history, marked by the transfer to Roig Arena and the return to the Euroleague.
With this renewal, López-Arostegui, 28, ensures its continuity in Valencia for at least six consecutive seasons Since his arrival in 2021 from Joventut Badalona.
The Basque forward has played 226 official matches with the Valencia Basket shirt, averaging 7.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 9.1 valuation. Its impact has gone beyond statistics, consolidating as a player full of intangibles and who took a step forward at important times, as in the last Endesa League finals played against Real Madrid. In that tie, he signed a spectacular 11.6 points with 68.8% in triples and 14.3 of valuation per party.
In the 2024-25 season, López-Arostegui shone especially in the Eurocup, being chosen in the second best quintet in the tournament with his former semi-Ojeleye partner, now a Red Star player. The Getxo averaged 10.4 points, with 38.9% in triples, 3.8 rebounds and 13.8 valuation credits.
The Spanish block earns even more continuity
The Taronja Club has managed to extend in time to a block formed mainly by Josep Puerto, Jaime Pradilla and López-Arostegui himself, all of them international with the Spanish team and with contracts in half-long term.
Puerto, who debuted with the first team since 2017, recently renewed until 2027. Pradilla, arrived in 2020, has also sealed its link until that same year. López-Arostegui, incorporated in 2021, has extended its contract equally until 2027, while Sergio de Larrea, formed in the quarry, debutant in 2023 and with a file in the first team since last season, has a contract until 2028.
