European Competitions 2023/24 - Signings & Rumours

[Toruko]

There is a rumor that Jasikevicius is proposed a 3 year contact to be assistant coach of Grizzlies for 6 million dollars.

He wont accept.

[ronmercer80]

while barcelona finally learned which was their black hole, breaking up with saras (that i unfortunatly bet will be a mta coach soon or late), mta added tamir blatt for three years. this is something far from every understandable technical reason. impressive. really impressive

Blatt will be the replacement of Ziv, nothing more, nothing less. What's your problem about that? Did you remain impressed by Ziv?

[MikeMaccabiFan]

Blatt will be the replacement of Ziv, nothing more, nothing less. What's your problem about that? Did you remain impressed by Ziv?

Clown is surprised about signing Blatt? LOL. While everyone and his sister in Maccabi would prefer Madar, it is not an option now, if at all. Blatt is only possible option (EL experience and track record, as well as decent shooting and PnR abilities) and he milked it as far as possible, getting high contract for an Israeli player. He also played a lot under Kattash and will not take a long time to get used to him. But Blatt is expected to give more than Ziv, which was, unfortunately, hopeless in EL. Blatt is supposed to give so much needed 10-15 minutes of rest to Lorenzo.
Martin is also rumoured to stay, while Maccabi is still looking for 5 or 4/5 and possibly swingman instead of Hilliard.

[paspalj]

Punter signed with Barcelona. Kind of unexpected if you were to believe the media but apparently weren’t offering as much as we were saying? I’m reading 3.6mil for 2 years. That’s not enough for the hottest name in the market.

Anyway, disappointing but not the end of the world. Teams are not built on one player or in one summer.

[Toruko]

Punter - Barcelona done deal! PAO is finished!

How ironic that they signed a killer after Saras departure. ^^

[paspalj]

Punter - Barcelona done deal! PAO is finished!

How ironic that they signed a killer after Saras departure. ^^

There was a Spanish reporter that had written that Saras’ departure along with the Mirotic situation, made the Punter acquisition possible. I have no idea how this works since supposedly they were going to decrease their budget but anyhow, as I said it’s pretty disappointing but he is not Jimmy Butler. With proper planning, everything will be ok in the long run.

[Toruko]

There was a Spanish reporter that had written that Saras’ departure along with the Mirotic situation, made the Punter acquisition possible. I have no idea how this works since supposedly they were going to decrease their budget but anyhow, as I said it’s pretty disappointing but he is not Jimmy Butler. With proper planning, everything will be ok in the long run.

Youll probably go after Dorsey now. Not a big fan of him

[paspalj]

Youll probably go after Dorsey now. Not a big fan of him

Me either.

[Jazz]

There was a Spanish reporter that had written that Saras’ departure along with the Mirotic situation, made the Punter acquisition possible. I have no idea how this works since supposedly they were going to decrease their budget but anyhow, as I said it’s pretty disappointing but he is not Jimmy Butler. With proper planning, everything will be ok in the long run.

This is a good explanation although it is still a shock to see Barca make one of the biggest signings of the summer when their financial situation has been so well publicised. In some ways it's very reminiscent of how their football team now operate- desperately trying to save money while still making marquee signings.

Who else will be leaving Barca?

[paspalj]

This is a good explanation although it is still a shock to see Barca make one of the biggest signings of the summer when their financial situation has been so well publicised. In some ways it's very reminiscent of how their football team now operate- desperately trying to save money while still making marquee signings.

Who else will be leaving Barca?

They really got the best/only available high caliber SG in the market. I have no idea how they pulled this off and what was promised to him.
I will add in small letters so that saras won't get pissed off that I hope that Punter wasn't presented with the choice:
A) 1.7 to Barca
B) 1.8 to Pao
and decided that he doesn't want to deal with the craziness of DPG.

[Jazz]

They really got the best/only available high caliber SG in the market. I have no idea how they pulled this off and what was promised to him.
I will add in small letters so that saras won't get pissed off that I hope that Punter wasn't presented with the choice:
A) 1.7 to Barca
B) 1.8 to Pao
and decided that he doesn't want to deal with the craziness of DPG.

Interesting idea. Although perhaps joining Barca is the next stage of Punter's revenge mission against Real?

[paspalj]

Interesting idea. Although perhaps joining Barca is the next stage of Punter's revenge mission against Real?

Genius.

[maccabeo]

Blatt will be the replacement of Ziv, nothing more, nothing less. What's your problem about that? Did you remain impressed by Ziv?

blatt will play 8-10 mim per game. a distaster. there werent no better il players than him? if we are going to improve this roster with blatt and confirming martin, colson, baldwin, nebo we are on the same fragile way. have u ever seen derek willis? those are the kind of players with an high el dimention.

[Basket_]

Žalgiris: Mitrou-Long in (1+1), Taylor out

[ronmercer80]

Youll probably go after Dorsey now. Not a big fan of him

Yes, it would be a big surprise if Dorsey doesn't sign for a Greek team.

Pana is the favourite one but someone wrote that also Oly could be interested especially if Sloukas doesn't renew.