The rental of the Dominican center Louis Santos For Caracas’ Cocodrilos, this could be the solution to one of the problems that had been lingering for a long time in SPB 2023: playing in the inner zone.
And it is that after the departures of Tony Mitchell (indiscipline) and Miguel Bolivar (loan), added to the injury of the Canadian Jordy Tshimanga, the Crocodiles had difficulties in painting.
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The Saurians went up to two weeks without playing with a natural fifth place finish. Gonzalo García turned to Luis Bethemy, Jovanni Diaz and finally Juan Guerrero to fill this position, knowing that none of them has the characteristics of this position. The arrival of Luis Santos in the capital team seems to put out the fire.
In his SPB debut on May 21 against Piratas de La Guaira, Santos scored a double-double of 22 points and 10 rebounds coming off the bench.
“I just came to help the team with my job, with rebounds, points, defense and playing in the paint,” Santos told Cocodrilos de Caracas’ press office.
“When I was playing in Uruguay, I was able to watch a few games and I know how the team (Crocodiles) plays… Seeing what we have, if we go into the pitch focused and defend well, we can move forward things,” he said. said.
Jordy Tshimanga is still in the country recovering from his back problems, which means he has not severed his ties with the institution in the capital. If the Canadian manages to recover in time for the playoffs, he could make, with Luis Santos, a duo of weight in the aspirations of coach Gonzalo García.
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