Hayden Dalton is the new addition to the Dragon's lair

The reigning Slovenian national champions, Cedevita Olimpija, have started composing their team for the 2021/22 competition season. The Ljubljana club jersey will be worn by Hayden Dalton, an American forward who has been part of the Czech side ERA Nymburk in the past two seasons. Dalton thus became the first reinforcement of Cedevita Olimpija this summer.

In the 2020/21 season, Dalton appeared in 13 Basketball Champions League games, and averaged 26.5 minutes on the floor. He has been scoring 11.7 points and grabbing 7.2 rebounds per game, adding 2.3 assists along the way. In 9 games, he exceeded the limit of ten points scored, and twice he managed to collect a double-digit number of rebounds.

He played in 40 games in the Czech national championship, the most among all Nymburk basketball players. He spent 21.3 minutes per game on the floor, scoring 10.0 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. Dalton helped Nymburk to two consecutive Czech national championship titles.

Dalton honed his basketball skills at the University of Wyoming, for which he played three seasons in the NCAA League. The player first introduced himself to the European basketball fans in the 2018/19 season, when he wore the Bakken Bears jersey.

As he agreed on cooperation with Cedevita Olimpija, Hayden Dalton told: “I'm very thankful and excited to be joining Cedevita Olimpija, a team from Slovenia. It's a step up for me in my career, so I'm very excited to be joining the team for the next season, with which we will try to win as many championships as we can. I couldn't be more excited on joining a high level and respected European club.”

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Hayden Dalton je novi igralec Cedevite Olimpije

Cedevita Olimpija je začela s krepitvijo članskega moštva za novo tekmovalno sezono 2021/22. Novi Zmaj je postal ameriški košarkar Hayden Dalton, ki je z ljubljanskim klubom podpisal enoletno pogodbo, z možnostjo podaljšanja za še eno sezono.

Aktualna slovenska državna prvakinja, Cedevita Olimpija, je začela s sestavljanjem ekipe za novo tekmovalno sezono 2021/22. Dres ljubljanskega kluba bo nosil Hayden Dalton, ameriški krilni košarkar, ki je bil v minulih dveh sezonah del češkega Nymburka. Dalton je tako postal prva okrepitev Cedevite Olimpije v letošnjem poletju.

V sezoni 2020/21 je Dalton zaigral na 13 tekmah v Ligi prvakov, in v povprečju na parketu prebil 26,5 minute. Dosegal je 11,7 točke in 7,2 skoke na obračun, temu pa dodal še 2,3 asistence na tekmo. Na devetih tekmah je presegel mejo desetih doseženih točk, dvakrat pa je uspel zbrati dvomestno število skokov.
V češkem državnem prvenstvu je nastopil na 40 tekmah, največ med vsemi košarkarji Nymburka. Na parketu je preživel 21,3 minute na tekmo, dosegal pa 10,0 točk in 5,9 skokov na tekmo. Dalton je Nymburku pomagal do dveh zaporednih naslovov češkega državnega prvaka.

Svoje košarkarske veščine je Dalton pilil na univerzi Wyoming, za katero je v ameriški univerzitetni Ligi NCAA odigral tri sezone. Evropski košarkarski javnosti se je Dalton prvič predstavil v sezoni 2018/19, ko je nosil dres danskih Bakken Bearsov.

Ob dogovoru o sodelovanju s Cedevita Olimpijo je Hayden Dalton dejal: “Hvaležen in navdušen sem, da sem postal del Cedevite Olimpije. Podpis pogodbe s klubom iz Slovenije je korak na stopničko višje v moji karieri, zato že komaj čakam, da se pridružim ekipi. Veselim se dela, in skušali bomo osvojiti čim večje število ekipnih naslovov. Vesel sem, da sem postal del tako spoštovanega kluba, ki deluje na visoki ravni.”