Eloy Vargas, who most recently was playing professionally in the Dominican Republic, has signed a professional contract in Spain.
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][COLOR=#111111][URL=”http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=DOM&PlayerID=162382″]Eloy Vargas[/URL] (210-F-88, college: [URL=”http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=USA&Team=169″]Kentucky[/URL]) is set to start his professional basketball career. The Dominican big guy signed a 1-year deal with Knet. They will compete in Spanish second division for men – LEB Gold. Vargas graduated at the University of Kentucky few months ago. They were NCAA champions, but Vargas had very limited playing time. It was expected as Kentucky had No.1 NBA pick[URL=”http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=USA&PlayerID=223030″]Anthony Davis[/URL] (208-C-93, college: [URL=”http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=USA&Team=169″]Kentucky[/URL]), as well as few other players who will start their NBA careers in the upcoming season. [URL=”http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=DOM&PlayerID=162382″]Eloy Vargas[/URL] played 33 games for the school as a senior averaging 1.7 rebounds and less than a point. He transferred to Kentucky in 2010 from Miami Dade C (JUCO). In this first year with Kentucky they reached NCAA Final Four. [URL=”http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=DOM&PlayerID=162382″]Eloy Vargas[/URL] started college career at the University of Florida in 2008. He spent just one year with Florida, before he moved to Miami Dade CC. Vargas was on the list of candidates for Dominican National Team last summer. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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I am very happy for Eloy as I knew this is where he wanted to live and play basketball.
I hope he sees a lot of playing time and has a long career playing the game.
You can congratulate Eloy by letting him know on his [URL=”http://www.facebook.com/evargas30″]facebook page[/URL] or on [URL=”https://twitter.com/E_Vargas30″]twitter.[/URL][/FONT][/COLOR]
