And if a new Frenchman came to fill the ranks of real Madrid ? After Thomas Heurtel, Vincent Poirier, Fabien Causeur, Petr Cornelie and Guerschon Yabusele, all of whom have passed through the “White House” in recent years, it is Theo Maledon which could soon reach the Spanish capital.
According to Marcathe Madrid club would thus push to afford the services of the 23-year-old “combo guard”, sparkling since the start of the season with ASVEL: 18.8 points, 4.8 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.1 interception in the Euroleague and 14.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists in Betclic Elite.
The fact remains that recruiting Théo Maledon will not be easy for Real Madrid, who have already suffered the refusal of Tony Parker's club a few weeks ago. Financially, we must be able to buy out the contract of the person who had hurt them very badly two weeks ago (23 points and 7 assists in a victory), or integrate another player into the transaction (Xavier Rathan-Mayes?) to reduce the transfer amount.
The interest of the Madrilenians in any case confirms that the Frenchman was well inspired to return to Europe during the summer, after four generally tasteless seasons in the NBA (7.8 points, 2.9 assists and 2.8 rebounds on average).
| Theo Maledon | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2020-21 | OKC | 65 | 27 | 36.8 | 33.5 | 74.8 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 10.1 |
| 2021-22 | OKC | 51 | 18 | 37.5 | 29.3 | 79.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 7.1 |
| 2022-23 | CHA | 44 | 19 | 40.2 | 29.5 | 85.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| 2023-24 * | All Teams | 17 | 13 | 28.6 | 16.7 | 93.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| 2023-24 * | CHA | 13 | 15 | 28.8 | 16.7 | 91.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| 2023-24 * | PHX | 4 | 3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Total | 177 | 21 | 37.2 | 31.0 | 79.3 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 7.8 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
