“You are an example for our Colombian athletes,” said Marcos Tulio Altamar, discoverer and trainer of the talented pivot.
Colombia News.
December 30, 2021 will go down in history as the day that for the first time a Colombian played an official game in the NBA, the basketball league of the United States, the most important in the world.
This is Jaime Echenique, a 24-year-old graduated from the Pestalozzi school and trained on the courts of the Suri Salcedo Park in Barranquilla.
Precisely in that place where the Elías Chegwin Stadium, temple of Barranquilla basketball, stands a few meters away, a coach forged and polished the talent of this 2.10-meter-tall player.
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He is, Marco Tulio Altamar, a strategist well known by professionals in the field and by Atlantic basketball players.
On your school’s Facebook account ‘Globetrotter’Altamar highlighted the effort and persistence of his pupil to achieve this achievement, a milestone in the history of Creole basketball.
«Congratulations Jaime Jesús for this great achievement. God has rewarded your discipline, sacrifice and humility. You have written the history of Colombian basketball in gold letters, being the first player to reach the NBA, “said the coach.
«You are an example for our Colombian athletes. The Globetrotter family happy to have added a grain of sand in the construction of this objective, “added the headhunter.
Mayor Jaime Pumarejo Heins also highlighted the work of this coach in the formation of this new figure in Colombian sports.
Jaime Echenique, a student of the IED Pestalozzi, is the first Colombian to reach the NBA, after signing with the @WashWizards. Thanks to his persistence, he overcame obstacles and some closed doors along the way. What a year for Barranquilla basketball! pic.twitter.com/AQEfHy2E6c
– Jaime Pumarejo (@jaimepumarejo) December 30, 2021
Cover photo: @trotamundos
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