Real Madrid wants to do their summer homework as quickly as possible and after a good handful renovations and the incorporation of Happy Andreasthe whites announced the signing of Xavier Rathan-Mayesa 30-year-old Canadian shooting guard, 193 centimeters tall, who has just become the sensation of the Russian league, where he was the top scorer last season with 25.4 points per game. Signs with Madrid until June 2026.
The veteran player, who also plays point guard, has a very extensive resume, both in Europe and in the United States. Rathan-Mayes, born in a city in Ontario, started to get noticed across the border at Florida State University, where he scored 30 points in the last four minutes of a game. . He entered the NBA Draft in 2017 and was selected by the New York Knicksalthough he never dressed short with those of the Big Apple.
His debut in the world's best basketball league came in March 2018, when he played five games with the Memphis GrizzliesYes. He would later work with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Wizards, franchises in which he never managed to gain a foothold. On July 28, like so many others before him, he crossed the pond and signed for AEK Athens.
At that point he became a pilgrim and played in countries as diverse as Romania, Turkey and Australia, all before joining the ranks of the Enisey Krasnoyarskan unknown complex located in Siberia, in the heart of Russia, with a population of over a million inhabitants, closer to Mongolia than to Moscow.
In that desolate landscape, Xavier showed his best basketball (he is a pure goal scorer, although he also has the ability to assist) and although he did not manage to win the league (CSKA were champions), it did earn him the attention of the colossus par excellence of Europe, the Real Madridwhich will allow him to make his debut in the maximum continental competition, the Euroleague.