Valencia, very close to the signature of Dominican Pivot Joel Soriano

Valencia Basket looked into the market for internal reinforcement and bounded the fence until it reached the name of Joel Soriano. The 25-year-old Dominican pivot and 2.08m have recently notified Aguada Santelos to exit from the team, bringing him closer to signing with the “Talonya” entity.

From the sports perspective, they believe Joel Soriano meets the conditions for his short-term contribution. It is the trusted and dominant physical rebounder for the region. Negotiations are in a sophisticated stage, and their profile prefers to close the regular season and consider the playoffs.

Soriano could be a piece that will help complete the puzzle as he wants to close the normal stages with good emotions and compete as much as possible in the playoff ACB.

The urgency to incorporate is like being registered as an additional community with your team despite the possibility that you may have a Cotonue card when you are Dominican in addition to the US, but it takes time to operate. Valencia Basket only has Nate Setin as the only community registered with the Endesa League, so it’s not a problem.

Internal domain for closing Valencia templates

Soriano appeared in an outstanding campaign with Aguada Santelos on BSN in Puerto Rico, averaging 16.9 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists.

In just 12 games, Pivot signed seven double-doubles, including 31 points and 22 rebounds. The impact on competition is immediate, consolidating its status as a reference under the hoop thanks to its physical strength, good timing of rebounds, and ease of production near the hoop.

Before landing in Puerto Rico, he had six short G-League experiences with Greensboro Swarm, a subsidiary of the Charlotte Hornets. His passing through both leagues allowed him to remain on the radar of several European teams, including Valencia Baskett himself.

College career at St. John’s

On his college stage, Joel Soriano shined at St. John’s Red Storm on four courses. There he became one of the few players with over 1,100 points and 800 rebounds in just three seasons. He registered a 40x double and was placed third to succeed with a 57.0% field shot as the program’s seventh largest historic rebounder.

Connection with Giant Montero and international experience

Soriano already knows what it is to represent the absolute choice of the Dominican Republic. His brief experience with this choice is because it is impossible to combine such commitments into a university basketball program.

In these two matches he got on track with his compatriot Gian Montero, one of the leaders of the Valencia Basket, and who was advocating for his establishment.

Furthermore, its international presence dates back to FIBA ​​forket basketball, taking part in the Américas 2018 U18 Championship, with some US measured with current NBA players such as Tyrese Maxey, Cole Anthony and Ayo Dosunmu.