The Barça of basketball arrives in mid-July in full swing in the offices, working on the reinforcements for the next season, and with Kevin Punter as the only confirmed signing for next season.
The blue and red team, which did put the direct in the section of departures (Nikola Kalinic, Oriol Paulí, Oscar Da Silva, Sergi Martínez, Rafa Villar, Agus Ubal and Juani Marcos), continues working to incorporate the three pieces he needs to complete the team Joan Peñarroya. The Egarense coach needs a base, and the arrival of Juan Nunez should not be delayed too long, and also at a ‘3’ and a ‘4’ to replace, with the greatest possible guarantees, Kalinic and Da Silva.
Frustrated arrivals
Barça is experiencing a transfer market full of difficulties, in which, both Juan Carlos Navarro y Mario Bruno Fernandez They are dealing with bizarre situations, bordering on surrealism, such as the non-signing of Mario Hezonja, when his return to the Palau was practically closed, and the discarding of a Dylan Osetkowski who faces a sanction for an alleged positive for marijuana use, as reported by the portal ‘Telesport.rs’.
It’s time to reinvent yourself
The Croatian forward and the German power forward fit like a glove in the team, and beyond considering an option to reinforce the perimeter, Barça practically had the market finished With both options ruled out, the technical secretariat continues to scratch its head in search of other candidates that will allow the Blaugrana team to compete for titles again next season.
The players offered
The endless number of names offered to Barça put on the table, in the last few hours, the options of Bruno Caboclo y Luka Samanic. The Brazilian has a difficult fit in the ‘4’ position, more accustomed to playing in the pivot position. In addition, he is a non-EU player, and would clash with the plans to bring in Justin Anderson, American forward who played last season in Brogán y Valencia Basket, and who became a free agent after the end of the season. As for the former Barça youth player, Samanic has also been offered to other Euroleague teams, such as Baskonia.
Luka Samanic and Bruno Caboclo, in the orbit of Barça / Utah Jazz / Euroleague
Mamukelashvili, ¿el ‘4’ tapado?
Given the difficulties that are being experienced in the market, Barça should closely monitor the situation of another power forward with NBA experience, who does not occupy a non-EU player spot, and who could explore a return to Europe given the lack of opportunities in the American league. Sandro Mamukelashvili, a 2.06m 25 year old born in New York, but with nationality and international by Georgia.
His numbers in the NBA
In the NBA since 2021, Mamukelashvili has played 130 games between the Milwaukee Bucks and San Antonio Spurs. This last season with the Texan franchise, the Georgian has played 46 games in which he has averaged 4.1 points and 3.2 rebounds, in just under 10 minutes on average per game. Despite the fact that the Spurs were one of the worst teams last season (22 wins and 60 losses), Gregg Popovich did not count on the player too much, and a few days ago, the journalist Keith Smith explained that the team had renounced the rights to the player, being now completely free to negotiate his future.
Future scenarios
The player, trained at Seton Hall University, finds himself in that scenario so recurrent for players of his profile: to go all out and wait for a contract to continue in the league, or consider signing for a Euroleague team. On the old continent, Mamukelashvili would fit in perfectly, and could be a ‘4’ who, due to his qualities, could make a difference in the European competition.
His last performance with Georgia
In fact, his most recent performance in FIBA basketball, the pre-Olympic tournament in Riga, already showed evidence of his quality, averaging 20 points and 5.5 rebounds in the two matches they played against Latvia and the Philippines, although Georgia did not make it to the semi-finals of the tournament.
Sandro Mamukelashvili, with the Georgian national team / FIBA
This is how ‘Mamu’ plays
And with its two meters and six centimeters, Mamukelashvili is a very powerful and physical ‘4’, but agile running both sides of the court, with good athletic ability, finishing in a forceful manner in the basket and with a notable performance also above the rim. In the shot, he sins of a certain irregularity, and in the triple, last season he was below 30% successful. In addition, in European basketball, he would not be out of place at times playing in the pivot position, with those physical virtues mentioned.
The ‘problem’ that his signing would solve
For all the above reasons, Sandro Mamukelashvili could fit in perfectly at Barça, and be the ‘4’ to complete the Barça team’s inside game, and form a power forward pair with Jabari Parker. His arrival would pave the way for a second non-EU signing, which could be filled by Anderson. But NBA free agency is still at an advanced stage, with the vast majority of franchises finishing defining their rosters for next season, something that could cause the player to still delay a final decision on his future.
2024-07-14 09:25:02
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