Peñarroya: Theodore gives Venice direction and points apart from what he had

Valencia, 15 Mar Valencia Basket coach Joan Peñarroya highlighted the contribution in terms of game creation and execution that American point guard Jordan Theodore represents for Umana Reyer Venice, which he receives this Wednesday at La Fonteta, but stressed that he joins a potential that was already important in the Italian ensemble. “It's a team that has changed and that has signed important players. Theodore's arrival in the base position gives them balance and points. He controls the times of the matches and the finals very well, but that is apart from everything he already had,” he said. Theodore has averaged fifteen points in the three matches he has played since he joined the Italian team, where he has become the main scoring benchmark, although not the only one. “If you're not very solid, it's a team that has a lot of points because it has a lot of players with scoring capacity,” recalled Peñarroya, who said he hopes his team can take advantage of the barely 48 hours between that clash and the one played on Monday against bel Baxi Manresa to recover from a virus that has affected several players but especially to the exhaustion of the fact that it is the third match in five days. The coach of the Valencian team stressed that Venice fights with Buducnost Voli and Virtus Bologna “to enter those third or fourth positions that give access to playing the first round at home” in the European Championship.