The world is a handkerchief in which everything has to do with everything. In this case, wrestling and basketball, two disciplines with very little in common, were crossed by a proper name. And that name is Lee Aaliya, who this Tuesday began training with the Argentine Basketball Team.
Aaliya is a young man of just 17 years old who trains with the team led by Néstor García and is one of the great U18 promises. The curious thing about this boy has to do with his family ancestry: Lee is the son of Jeff Aaliya, better known as Musambe Tutu.a remembered fighter who participated in the television series 100% Lucha.
Tutu with Viloni, another of the figures of the program. (@jeff_aaliya_musambe_tutu)
Originally from Accra, Ghana, the former bodybuilder, trainer, promoter and professional wrestler resides at the age of 47 in the City of La Plata. His son also lives there, a gymnastics forward, who at his young age had the luxury of participating as a guest in a training session of the first national team..
Lee, who was born in La Plata and is 2.04m tall, He has played 12 games with Lobo this season in the Argentine Basketball League, the second division of national basketball. Aaliya comes from playing five minutes in Gimnasia’s 78-73 loss to Pergaminowith a recovery and a lack received.
In the middle of last year, the youth had been summoned for the U19 national preselection to train at Cenard with coach Daniel Farabello. Meanwhile, at the end of 2021 received the citation to integrate the selection of Province of Buenos Aires in the Argentine U17.
The son of the former 100% Fight fighter, along with Delfino in the Argentine Basketball Team. (@FIBAWC)
With the aim of giving space and filming to boys of the Formative, the Albiceleste coaching staff, headed by Nestor García, invited the player from Lobo and the Under 18 National Team to share weekly practices of the national team, which is preparing at the mythical Obras Stadium for the upcoming Qualifiers window.
VIDEO: READ AALIYA WITH THE REFERENCES OF THE SELECTED
In the photos and videos you can see the young Aaliya, who is over 2 meters tall, along with great references of Argentine basketball such as Charles Delphine, Luca Vildoza and Nicholas Brussino.
The next commitments of the Argentine national team
Those led by Nestor Garcia they will play this Friday, February 25 from 9:40 p.m. against Venezuela, while on Saturday the 26th they will face Panama starting at 9:10 p.m. The national team, concentrated at the Marriot Hotel, trained in double shifts ahead of the presentations for the second window of the Americas Qualifiers for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
This Tuesday Argentina trained for the first time with a full team (Juan Brussino was the last to join), while Franco Baralledue to a myofibrillar tear in the right anterior rectus, he left his place to Lee Aaliya. The National Team leads Group A of the qualifiers (2-0) and will try to take a key step in this second window to get closer to the World Cup in Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia.
THE ARGENTINE CALL
Luca Vildoza Base 26 years 1m88 Free
Nicolás Aguirre Base 33 years old 1m89 Current Regattas
Juan Ignacio Brussino Base 30 years 1m85 Quimsa
Carlos Delfino Shooting Guard 39 years old 2m01 Pesaro (Italy)
Matías Solanas Escort 22 years 1m94 San Martín de Corrientes
Nicolás Brussino Small forward 28 years old 2m04 Gran Canaria (Spain)
Leonel Schattmann Shooting Guard 34 years 1m94 Boca Juniors
Marcos Mata Alero 35 years old 2m00 Aguada (Uruguay)
Nicolás Romano Pivot wing 34 years old 2m00 Córdoba Institute
Agustín Barreiro Wing Pivot 22 years old 2m04 Gymnastics and Fencing by Comodoro Rivadavia
Tayavek Gallizzi Pivot 28 years old 2m05 Córdoba Institute
Marcos Delía Pivot 29 years old 2m06 Trieste (Italy)
Kevin Hernández Pivot 29 years 2m05 Boca Juniors
Federico Aguerre Power forward 33 years 2m03 Boca Juniors
We want to thank the writer of this article for this remarkable content
The son of a former 100% Lucha trains with the basketball team