Valencia adds Yankuba Sima, extends Millan Jimenez

Both players signed respective multi-year deals

Valencia bolstered its frontcourt by inking center Yankuba Sima to a three-year deal. Sima (2.11 meters, 28 years old) arrives from Unicaja Malaga, where he averaged 4.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in 33 Spanish League games last season, in which he helped his team win the Spanish Copa del Rey, Intercontinental Cup, BCL and Spanish SuperCup titles. Born in Girona, Spain, Sima started to play basketball in his native city, joining the Canarias Basketball Academy in 2013. He went on to play in the United States for Arlington County, St John's University and Oklahoma State University before starting his professional basketball career with BAXI Manresa. Sima also played for Umana Reyer Venice of Italy before joining Unicaja in January 2023. Sima also helped Unicaja win a BCL title in 2024 and has been a member of the Spanish national team. He won two European Championships medals with the Spanish U20 squad: silver in 2015 and gold in 2016.

Valencia also announced a new deal with shooting guard Millan Jimenez, who re-signed his contract until the end of the 2027-28 season. Jimenez (1.99 meters, 22 years old) joined Valencia in 2018 and made his EuroLeague debut with his current team in the 2019-20 campaign. Last season, Jimenez was sent on loan to Monbus Obradoiro, averaging 8.4 points on 41.7% three-pointers and 3.1 rebounds in 34 Spanish second division games. He has also played for San Pablo Burgos, as for the Spanish national team in all youth categories. He helped Spain win a gold medal at the 2002 U20 European Championships.