De Larrea is a 6'5" Spanish playmaker with good positional size for the lead guard role and the pedigree to match. A young rotation piece on a Valencia side that finished as the No. 2 seed in the EuroLeague, he averaged 9.3 points and 3.6 assists while shooting 43% from three in 17 minutes per game in the ACB. Gold medalist at the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup, Spanish Supercup MVP in 2025, and a contributor to the senior national team at EuroBasket 2025. The offensive instincts, size, and shooting efficiency are legitimate NBA traits. Minutes and role should expand as he matures. Declared as a draft-and-stash international prospect with developmental upside.
Sergio de Larrea represents the archetype modern front offices increasingly covet: a lead guard with genuine size, a functional three-point shot, and the playmaking feel to operate in pick-and-roll at the highest level of European competition. At 6'5" he has real size for the point guard position, combining positional versatility with the ability to see over smaller defenders. His 43% three-point rate in the ACB on real volume is a legitimizing number. Limited minutes at Valencia reflect his age and the depth of one of Europe's elite programs rather than a lack of readiness. The ceiling here is a modern multi-positional guard who can initiate offense, shoot off movement, and hold his own defensively across positions. The floor is a rotation player who earns minutes on shooting and size alone. Draft-and-stash projection for most teams.
Name: Sergio de Larrea
Badge Tier: Bronze
Team: Valencia Basket (ACB/EuroLeague, Spain)
Position: PG/SG
Draft Age: 20.55 (Born December 4, 2005, Valladolid, Spain)
Height/Weight: 6'5" · 175 lbs
Wingspan: 6'9" (estimated, no NBA combine measurement)
Career Path: Valencia academy → L'Horta Godella (loan, 2022-24) → Valencia first team (2024-26)
2025-26 Season (ACB): 9.3 PPG · 3.6 APG · 43% 3PT · 17 MPG
Honors: Liga ACB Best Young Player (2026), 2x All-ACB Young Players Team (2025, 2026), Spanish Supercup MVP (2025), 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup gold, EuroBasket 2025 (Spain senior team)
Team Context: Valencia finished as the No. 2 seed in the 2025-26 EuroLeague playoffs.
Status: Declared April 2026. June 13 international withdrawal deadline pending. Projects as draft-and-stash; likely returns to Valencia regardless of outcome.
Operates comfortably in pick-and-roll and off-ball settings. His 43% three-point shooting makes him a legitimate floor spacer at NBA range, rare for a lead guard prospect. Understands spacing and does not clog the paint. Will need time to adjust to NBA spacing and pace, but the foundation is there.
Best fits: teams that want a multi-positional guard with size who can grow into a starting role. Floor-spacing, pick-and-roll, passing. Ideal draft-and-stash for teams with guard depth now who need a developmental piece. Poor fit for teams needing immediate production. Keywords: floor-spacing, shooting, passing, connector, guard, versatile, switchable.
Size is his most projectable defensive trait. At 6'5" he can defend both backcourt spots and contest over smaller guards, and his positional awareness is mature for his age. The limits are physical: at 175 pounds he needs real strength to hold up against NBA wings, and his lateral quickness, adequate in Europe, will be tested against elite NBA athletes. The tools allow for versatility, but the engagement and physicality must catch up before it translates.
Currently a high-upside European playmaker with size and shooting but limited NBA-ready production, given his age and rotation role. If his usage expands at Valencia or he moves into a larger on-ball role, the playmaking and shooting could push him toward a genuine NBA rotation guard over the next two to three years. The traits that anchor him are his shooting efficiency and size, both real, while his ceiling depends on an expanded role and meaningful physical development.
High risk tied to limited minutes and a draft-and-stash projection. He has the tools but not yet the track record. International prospects at this age require patience, and most teams would view him as a two-to-three year development investment. A return to Valencia is likely regardless of the draft outcome.
Representing Spain at the senior level as a teenager and earning a role on one of Europe's premier clubs suggests high coachability and professionalism. The structure of European basketball demands tactical discipline from a young age, and players who thrive in that environment tend to adapt well to NBA systems. His Supercup MVP and Best Young Player recognition reinforce a maturity beyond his years.
43% from three in the ACB on real volume is the headline number. Shot selection is disciplined, primarily catch-and-shoot and pull-up looks within the flow of the offense. Free throw shooting and midrange development will be key indicators to watch as his role grows.
De Larrea's cognitive profile is the most advanced aspect of his game and the reason he has generated legitimate draft interest despite modest counting stats in limited minutes. His pick-and-roll processing is remarkably mature for a 20-year-old playing in the ACB against professional defenders. He reads defensive coverages before committing, processes blitzes and hedges with poise, and delivers passes to cutters and roll men before the defense can recover. His size lets him see over the top of coverages that would force smaller guards into lower-percentage decisions.
His tempo control is his clearest cognitive indicator. He knows when to push pace and when to slow the game down, a decision-making quality that most guards develop only through years of professional experience. At Valencia in the EuroLeague environment he processes schemes more complex than anything American college players face, and his composure under that pressure at 20 reflects genuine cognitive maturity.
The limitation is decision-making consistency. In lower-leverage situations he can take unnecessary risks with the ball, forcing creative passes when the simpler read was available. That inconsistency is age-appropriate but will need to resolve before he is ready to be a primary creator at the NBA level. His role at Valencia, around 17 minutes per game, also limits the evidence base; his cognitive processing has been tested in professional environments but not in high-usage situations.
Draft-and-stash developmental lead guard with shooting upside and professional pedigree. Projects as a multi-year development project whose NBA timeline is 2-3 years minimum. His archetype trajectory mirrors European guards who developed their games in professional competition before becoming productive NBA contributors.
De Larrea has one of the more authentic Jazz scores among international prospects in this class, built on playmaking creativity and rhythm manipulation rather than athleticism. His passing has genuine flair. He changes the angle of his arm mid-delivery, goes low for bounce passes into the paint, over the top for kickouts, all while making decisive reads that limit turnovers. That arm-angle manipulation is Jazz Module expression in its most creative passing form. He doesn't just see the read; he executes it in ways that disguise the delivery from defenders. His tempo control, knowing when to push and when to slow, reflects rhythm manipulation that creates off-plan advantages by making defenses react rather than anticipate. The limitation is athleticism. His lack of burst means that when improvisation requires physical creation rather than cognitive creativity, his options narrow. He compensates through craft, angles, and pace changes, which is sustainable but creates a narrow Jazz ceiling compared to more athletic guards who express the same cognitive qualities with more physical tools. Jazz Positive, one of the more authentic cognitive Jazz profiles among second-round international prospects.
Lonzo Ball (UCLA/New Orleans). The defining functional match, a pass-first lead guard whose value is built on size, court vision, and tempo rather than scoring volume. Ball entered the league as a 6'6" floor general with real positional size and advanced passing feel, the same broad identity de Larrea offers. The honest separators run both ways, since Ball was a far stronger open-court athlete and defensive playmaker, while de Larrea's three-point shot is already more reliable than Ball's was at the same stage. The shared core is the rare combination of lead-guard size and genuine pass-first vision.
Spencer Dinwiddie (Colorado/Brooklyn). The shot-creation upside path. Dinwiddie is a 6'6" guard who manufactured scoring and pick-and-roll creation through pace, footwork, and shooting rather than explosiveness, carving out stretches as a high-usage initiator without elite athletic tools. If de Larrea's on-ball scoring and creation expand beyond the connector role, Dinwiddie shows how a big, unspectacular athlete can still generate offense on craft. He is more score-first than de Larrea is today, which is why this is the growth template rather than the baseline.
Tomas Satoransky (Czech Republic/Washington). The honest floor for a draft-and-stash. Satoransky was a big playmaking guard whose passing, feel, and shooting were real enough to start in the NBA, but whose limited athleticism eventually capped his ceiling and pushed him back into a EuroLeague role. That arc, genuine skill, a stretch of NBA usefulness, then a return to Europe as the natural level, is the realistic floor if de Larrea's burst and lateral quickness do not hold up against NBA athletes. The size runs slightly bigger at 6'7", but the skill-over-athleticism guard identity is the match.