By John Rammas/ info@eurohoops.net
After hiring David Blatt, renewing the contracts of Spanoulis and Papanikolaou, and acquiring Nigel Williams-Goss, Olympiacos continued with their planning by bringing on the 24-year-old American power forward/center, in a move everyone characterized as a surprise.
The player himself has already gotten to work in order to prove that the surprise only had to do with the timing and unexpected nature of the signing and not his skills, which, after only one season playing as a professional, got him a spot on the roster of the three-time European Champions.
Zach LeDay was born on May 30, 1994, in Dallas, Texas, and that’s where he made his first steps in basketball, in local high schools Skyline and The Colony, before the time came to choose a college. Missouri, Vanderbilt, Fresno State and George Mason were among his options, but a visit to South Florida and a discussion with his mother were more than enough to make him a Bull.
His first two seasons were not the best possible, with the older and more ready Victor Rudd (Maccabi Tel Aviv 2016-17, CSKA Moscow 2018) overshadowing everyone with his performances, but they were enough to help him realize what he had to do. And he did it.
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ΖACH LEDAY @ SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS |
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Points |
2p FG |
3p FG |
FT |
Rebounds |
Assists |
Steals |
Blocks |
T/O |
Minutes |
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2012-13 |
4,8 |
40,9% |
29,2% |
72,7% |
2,5 |
0,3 |
0,4 |
0,5 |
0,4 |
17′ |
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2013-14 |
3,5 |
43,2% |
27,3% |
76% |
2,6 |
0,4 |
0,3 |
0,2 |
0,7 |
15′ |