Olivier Nkamhoua stands tall in the power statistics of the Italian basketball league

Milano

MAGNIFICENT player. A very important confirmation. Captivating personality.

Comments from supporters of the famous basketball club Pallacanestro Varese Olivier Nkamhouasta outright praise the Finnish player of the Northern Italian premier league team.

We will be at the Palalido, or Allianz Cloud, arena on Monday evening in January. The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) match Olimpia Milano-Openjobmetis Varese has progressed to the halfway stage. The score is 43–36 for the hosts.

“Nkamhoua is always on his own side and plays for his team until the end,” fans of the visiting team say over their halftime beers.

“It’s only right that a top player like him gets the attention he deserves in the Finnish media as well. He’s a great man!”

It is easy to agree with the views. Although Nkamhoua did not reach his best performance during the first and second quarter, he still managed to benefit his team in different ways.

Yet again.

VARESEA Nkamhoua, representing the first season, will be able to speak himself a couple of days after the match. As “Olli” is often characterized, he is a very polite and well-behaved young gentleman.

“After all, it’s great to play in such a tough league. In Italy, there are a large number of players who have toured the top leagues, who have both talent and experience. After all, Koris is a pretty simple game, so it wasn’t difficult to adapt here,” says Nkamhoua.

“The intensity and passion of the Italian fans is fascinating. You can feel that they really understand the game. I have only good things to say about the supporters here.”

Varene’s group of about a hundred fans makes a lot of noise in Milan and during the third and fourth quarter of the match, their team eventually wins by ten points, 84–74. Nkamhoua, who has gradually raised both his own and his team’s level, receives appropriate praise and thanks from the supporters immediately after the game.

The words and actions of the fans do indeed meet each other.

NKAMHOUAplayed his first men’s international match in the summer of 2021. At that time, he was still a young promise whose player identity was still in the construction phase.

“I was [kamerunilaislähtöinen] father was a strong supporter and helper at the time, and in addition, the player learned early on in our environment the great importance of competitiveness and the will to win”, former national team coach Henrik Dettmann says.

“He uses a lot of energy specifically for the team’s success. Olli understands how important it is to defend with quality, and not just score points.”

There are also powers. By the beginning of February, Nkamhoua has been Varese’s best scorer and the eighth best scorer in Italy’s hard-hitting main league. The average score per match is 15.2.

Has taken an average of 6.4 rebounds per game, which is the 11th highest number of all players in the entire LBA.

“He keeps us up from match to match and is a real nugget of gold for us,” assure the supporters of Varese, who currently belongs to the lower middle class of the league.

IN FINLAND the national team pilot who was recently chosen as the coach of the year Lassi Tuovi highlights the importance of Nkamhoua’s dogged determination and inexhaustible ambition.

“Olli is really hard at work, an extremely valuable team player and an absolutely insane glue person within the group. When he arrives in any space, he takes everyone into account, raises common standards, sets an example and leads other people as well,” characterizes Tuovi.

The wolf gang pilot, who coaches at the club team level in Japan, praises Nkamhoua’s versatility, such as passing skills, rebounding abilities and the ability to make baskets often in different ways.

Even in Italy, we have already had time to see how a player over two meters tall moves in a timely manner, and doesn’t just look for his own solutions on the field.

“This is one of the hallmarks of the modern game. Olli is like a link knife that fits and adapts to each role. His open and positive personality is a model example of Susijeng’s values.”

AFTER THE GAME In the dark winter evening in Milan, the Varese fans, who are enthusiastic about the away win, seem to confirm Tuov’s views as true. Although the environment is different, the person is the same.

While the national team coach says that Nkamhoua is always his true self and melts the hearts of the supporters with his trademark respect for everyone, the Italian fans say that they greatly appreciate the whole immediate and friendly nature of the player’s personality.

“It’s worth remembering that Olli isn’t even at the peak of his career yet. If he stays healthy, the development can still continue in the 2030s,” sees Henrik Dettmann.

“Basketball is so important to Olli that he is definitely not going to start lazing around.”

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