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The Lakers try out the Spanish inside star, but he has not made any progress this season?

3:57am, 11 June 2025Basketball

According to HoopsHype reporter Alberto De Roa, the Los Angeles Lakers have tried out for Spanish inside player Izan Almansa, who plays for the Australian NBL team Perth Wildcats this season.

Armansa was born in June 2005 and just turned 20 years old. She is an inside player with good scoring skills and relatively comprehensive skills at the basket. According to data from the physical test session of the joint trial before the NBA draft last year, Almansa's bare feet were 206.4cm, his wingspan was 215.9cm, his standing height was 279.4cm, and his weight was 99.6kg. In the NBL field this season, Almansa made a total of 33 appearances for his Perth Wildcats, with averaging 15.8 minutes per game, with averaging 6.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.3 blocks, and 0.5 turnovers and 1.6 fouls. His shooting percentage was 51.1%, three-point shooting percentage was 33.3%, and free throw shooting percentage was 53.4%.

Last season, Almansa played for the NBA Development League team, and he made a total of 48 appearances in the NBA Development League, averaging 27.3 minutes per game, averaging 10.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.7 blocks. He also made 0.9 turnovers, shooting percentage of 54.9%, three-point shooting percentage of 20.6%, and free throw shooting percentage of 54.5%. Almansa performed very mediocrely in the NBA Development League last season, his scoring ability was not ideal, his offensive characteristics were not fully demonstrated, and his problems on the defensive end were also exposed. Coupled with the igniting of a series of poor record results, it also led to his choice to withdraw from last year's NBA draft. However, his performance after joining the NBL this season has not made a substantial improvement. He does not play much, his data is relatively bleak, and he does not seem to have made a substantial improvement on the defensive end.

From the perspective of characteristics, Almansa has relatively rich offensive methods on the offensive end. He can create threats in the opponent's interior, and he also has certain mid- and long-range projection capabilities. However, Almansa's movement speed and athletic ability are a bit bad. His dynamic talent is very low among all players participating in the physical test, which also leads to his problems on the defensive end. In addition, he has not made any substantial progress this season, which has also led to his unsatisfactory draft. Judging from the current situation, Almansa may have a chance to be selected at the end of the second round, but there are also some potential for becoming a undrafter. I wonder how he performed in the Lakers' trial. Will he attract the interest of the Lakers' uniform team?

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