In acquiring it Dewan Hernandez to fill position “5” proceeded o Prometheus. The 27-year-old American (2.08m), who has roots in Trinidad & Tobago and Honduras – was selected in the 2019 second round of the draft at number 59 by the Raptors, played in six games in the NBA. while in November of the same year he switched to the subsidiary team of Toronto.
Hernandez has European experience as he played in Israel with Hapoel Tel Aviv in the 2021/22 season and averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in seven games. In previous years he was plagued by injuries and his last team was in 2022 in Puerto Rico, where he had 14.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.
The announcement:
“KAE Prometheus Patras is pleased to announce the acquisition of the athlete Dewan Hernandez, who is coming to Patras, to shield the front line of our team.
Dewan Hernandez was born on December 9, 1996 and hails from the United States. He sees the world from 209 cm and plays as a Center. He started his career with the Miami Hurricanes in the US College Championship and stayed with them for two seasons (2016-18). In the summer of 2019, he was drafted by the Toronto Raptors, thus receiving the “anointing” to play in the NBA, while in the 2020-21 seasons he competed in the G League with the Raptors 905 and the Rio Grande Villey Vipers. In the 2021-22 season he moved to Europe for the first time, on behalf of Hapoel Tel Aviv, while in the same season he played in the G League with the Westchester Knicks and in Puerto Rico for the Vaqueros De Bayamon. In the 2022-23 season in China and the Ningbo Rockets, while the last team in his career before Prometheus was the Cangrejeros de Santurce, in which he recorded very good numbers, with 15.4 points and 8.7 rebounds. In addition, he has been an international player with Team USA in games for the “windows” of FIBA, as part of the World Basketball qualifiers.
We welcome Dewan Hernandez to the Prometheus family and wish him to fulfill all his ambitions, both individually and collectively.”
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— Promitheas Patras BC (@promitheasbc) October 7, 2024
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