Bologna –
Loaded with palmares charm, with the eagerness of the poker player who immediately demands a new deck to deal again, Will Clyburn is the hit of the Virtus summer.
In the recent past, he is not the first with such pedigree to plow through Casa Virtus, and like others he is ready to raise his voice. A sense, an identity that ensures that, when it counts, he´s one of those inside to play for it. One of the right ones, then, chosen well, in a group that will be able to flank him with other important conductors.
In Bologna, the Detroit talent will find many old acquaintances, above all Hackett and Shengelia, with whom he made sparks at CSKA, and who knows what other praetorians to build a literature, starting perhaps with the same Zizic and Polonara, teammates at Efes Istanbul.
Already MVP of the Euroleague Final Four, in his last year between the regular season and Play-Ins he traveled at 13.3 points, 2 assists and 4.6 rebounds. Useful on offloads, adept at individual initiatives as well as isolations on the quarter court, as a 201-centimeter small forward he can also play in the low post or hit from distance with pure outside percentages and, if needed, carry the ball: the classic element that can be both in the system and in the free offense.
His years in Istanbul have often seen him netting the change on the perimeter, offering a viable alternative to other firepower, with strength and ability to go and finish on contact.
Defensively it is not uncommon then to see him on an outside or on a “four” and sometimes even, as the clock runs out, switch to the pivot.
