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Name: Tino
Valencia 6’6” Florentino Valencia comes to the Raiders with a reputation for being a hard nosed, aggressive rebounder and athletic and powerful inside player. Valencia originally hails from Chicago in the USA, but attended Toledo University in Ohio, graduating in 2007 and moving to play in the Puerto Rican league. He was at Toledo at the same time as new Worcester Wolves (and former Guildford Heat) player Keonta Howell, who Raiders coach Gary Stronach spoke to when first considering Valencia. Along with American Nationality, Valencia has a Puerto Rican passport, and this undoubtedly helped him when looking for a team out of University. He was drafted in the first round by Cariduros de Fajardo, where he played for a year before moving to Vaqueros de Bayamon in the same league. He then signed to play in the PBL in the USA where he played for the Battle Creek Knights, averaging 14 points and 6 rebounds per game, while shooting 61% from the floor. Valencia’s first game in the BBL against Worthing Thunder saw him match up with another former PBL player, Kadiri Richard, who moved to the BBL from the Wilmington Sea Dawgs. |
Tino's Pierce Widdecombe
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