Izan Almansa Perez was born on June 7,2005 and is a Spanish professional basketball player who last played for the Perth Wildcats of the Australian National Basketball League.
20 Facts About Izan Almansa
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Izan Almansa grew up in Spain playing association football and dreamed of playing it professionally.
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Izan Almansa did not begin to play basketball until he was nine years old, following a friend who had signed up.
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Izan Almansa went on to play two years with the Real Madrid Cadete team.
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On 5 August 2021, Izan Almansa signed with the Overtime Elite, a professional basketball league for high school-aged players, ahead of its inaugural season.
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Izan Almansa averaged 6.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game while shooting 50.4 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from three-point range.
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Izan Almansa helped his team reach the championship series, where they lost to the City Reapers, led by twins Amen and Ausar Thompson.
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On 30 June 2023, Izan Almansa signed with the NBA G League Ignite.
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Izan Almansa recorded his first double-double two weeks later against the South Bay Lakers, putting up 22 points and 10 rebounds in 27 minutes.
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Izan Almansa was chosen to compete in both the Rising Stars Challenge and the G League Next Up Game at the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis.
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In 48 games with the Ignite, Izan Almansa averaged 10.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game on 54.3 percent shooting.
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On 23 April 2024, Izan Almansa announced that he had declared for the 2024 NBA draft; his entry was confirmed by the NBA on 2 May However, he subsequently withdrew his name on 16 June to explore options in Europe and Australia.
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Izan Almansa averaged 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds on 51.1 per cent shooting in 33 games.
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Izan Almansa was selected to play at the 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers, though Spain later withdrew from the tournament.
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Izan Almansa led the national under-17 team to a silver-medal finish at the 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup in Spain, which was their first-ever medal at the event.
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Just a few weeks after the U17 World Cup, Izan Almansa represented the national under-18 team at the 2022 FIBA U18 European Championship in Turkey.
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Izan Almansa averaged 15.7 points, 10.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals, and 1.1 blocks in 25 minutes per game, leading Spain to a gold medal and winning tournament MVP honors .
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Izan Almansa became the first player to ever win tournament MVP awards at both the FIBA U17 World Cup and the FIBA U18 European Championship.
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In November 2024, Izan Almansa was named in a Spanish senior national team squad for a pair of FIBA EuroBasket qualifier games against Slovakia.
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In 2023, Izan Almansa enrolled at the Universidad Catolica San Antonio de Murcia to pursue his Bachelor of Business Administration through an online program specially developed for athletes in concert with the Spanish Olympic Committee.