Daniel Laster (ex Stal) joins Atenas

Atenas Cordoba (La Liga) agreed terms with 29-year old American power forward Daniel Laster (199cm-101kg-1996, college: Gardner-Webb) for the new 2026-27 season. He joins another USA player Adonys Henriquez who is already in the roster. He was the top scorer at Stal in the Polish OBL league. In 30 games, he had 11.7ppg, 3.5rpg, 1.1apg, and 1.1spg. The previous (2024-25) season he played at CSM BBA Petrolul Ploiesti (Liga Nationala) in the Romanian league.
He is a quite experienced player. His career allowed him to visit four different continents, while he played in ten different countries. He tasted the life as a pro basketball player in Europe, Asia, Latin America and of course North America. Laster has played professionally in Belgium (Circus Brussels), Finland (Vilpas), Germany (Eisbaeren Bremerhaven), Italy (RO SAzzurra), Japan (Scorpions), Luxembourg (T71 Dudelange), Mexico (Soles), Romania and Dominican Republic (Los Prados, Metros and Titanes).
He won the Dominican Republic LNB championship title in 2024. He was voted to the Mexican LNBP All-Star Game in 2022.
Laster graduated from Gardner-Webb University in 2019, and this will be his eighth season as a professional player.