Thomas Scrubb will continue in Santiago

Thomas Scrubb (Montreal, Canada, 1991) will turn 32 in September. He was in the capital of Galicia for two seasons, where he signed several spectacular records. He is one of the most valuable players in Moncho Fernández’s team. The club spent weeks trying to convince the striker with a good offer for his renewal. Finally, the eldest of the Scrubbs will continue to raise obradoirista fans from their seats. He will continue in Sara for two more seasons.

Arrived at work in mid-July 2021 He came from Bourg, France, and last year he became a decisive player for Obradoiro, who achieved the second best finish in history in the Endesa League. The Canadian international averaged 11.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in Sar, with an estimated 14.4 credits.

Not only was he the player with the most minutes on the field for Moncho Fernández’s team, but in this section he led the Endesa league table, averaging 30 minutes a day, surpassing his team-mate Kassius Robertson, second in the table, with 28 minutes since joining the club in November. After Canadian Adam Smith (Bilbao Basket), with 28; Kameron Taylor (basketball Girona), with 27; and Jovan Novak (Fuenlabrada), with 27 minutes per game. No one could match Scrubb’s total of 974 minutes.

In the first two seasons in Sar, the Canadian played 67 games, 63 of which in the starting five, which confirms the importance of the player in the Pontepedriña coach’s systems. He is already gathering experience in ACB from 1943 minutes. In just two seasons he became the eighth player with the most minutes in the history of Obradoiro in the highest category, a list led by the untouchable Alberto Corbacho, with 3,607 minutes. They are followed by Pepe Pozas (3,418), Kassius Robertson (2,622), Pavel Pumprla (2,434), Eimantas Bendzius (2,331), Rafa Luz (2,087) and Nacho Llovet (2,067). In the first games of the next season, he will spend two thousand minutes on the field, and despite his injuries, he could be in a position to displace Corbach from the top spot in the rankings in the next two seasons.

great performance

His great performance in Obra allows him to be in just two seasons among the most prominent in the history of the Compostela club. He is the fifth player with the highest rating, with 936 points. They are surpassed only by Corbacho, Robertson, Pozas and Birutis. If he maintains the same average these two previous years, Thomas Scrubb could even finish the championship as the all-time leader in this valuation section.

In his two years in Sar, the Canadian forward averages 29 minutes11.8 points, 56.6% efficiency in two-point shooting, 35.2% in three-pointers and 5.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists.

Thomas Scrubb has the most points in Obra-Gran Canaria (106-97), with 24 in thirty and a half minutes (8 out of 8 doubles, 2 out of 3 three-pointers and 2 out of 2 free throws), and 6 rebounds, 2 assists and a PIR of 33. It was his best performance as an Obradoirista, in April 2022. His record in the number of rebounds (11) and assists (7) was signed in Obra-Bilbao Basket (91-96), in January 2022. He made three three-pointers in Real Betis – Aubri (76-87), in October 2021.

“That’s good news”

Eduardo Pascual, sports director of Obra, explains that the club is “very happy to have achieved the continuity of such an important player. Thomas Scrubb gives an advantage in many aspects of the game. He has a lot of consistency and that extra energy that he is able to give”. He insists it is “good news to strengthen our team”.