Ante Tomic left Barça two seasons ago, in principle already in the final stretch of his career, but the Croatian is experiencing a second youth in the ranks of Joventut de Badalona, who after two seasons at a high level, one of the best in the team , has announced the renewal of the pivot until 2025, when he has turned 38 years old.
The veteran Balkan player had one more optional year and in view of his great form, the Verdinegro club has decided to cash in that year plus another two. In this way, everything indicates that Tomic will end his sports career at the Badalona Olympics, where he is already a consolidated reference in the young Verdinegro team.
Tomic, one of the pivots with the most fundamentals in the Spanish competition, has been the support of the team in the paint. This course, he has averaged 14.3 points per game, 6.6 rebounds and 2.7 rebounds in the Endesa League. His contribution was decisive in the qualifying rounds for the title so that La Penya reached the semifinals for the first time in 14 years.
La Penya won a game in the series against the azulgranas at the Palau Blaugrana, but later Barça won the two games in a row in Badalona and brought down Carles Duran's team. In the playoffs, Tomic improved his performance compared to the regular phase with an average PIR of 22.3 and 16.6 points and 7.9 rebounds.
Once Tomic's continuity is assured, Joventut's goal is to get center Derek Willis to agree to continue in Badalona, while the team's other power forward, Vladimir Brodziansky, will continue his career away from Badalona, in Turkish club Bahcesehir.
