ALBA Berlin's forward Simone Fontecchio is signed with the team until 2023. However, he will not play for the German powerhouse next year.
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz will buy the Italian forward out for €250 thousand and sign Fontecchio to a three-year deal, German journalist Robert Heusel reports.
The 2.03 m forward played in 29 EuroLeague games last season, averaging 10.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 10.1 EFF over 23.5 minutes. In the German Basketball Bundesliga, he accumulated 11.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 12 EFF over 19.8 minutes.
Fontecchio was also a key figure that helped Italy qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games. In the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia, the 25-year-old averaged 19.7 points (53.8% from three), 6.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 22.0 EFF over 29.6 minutes.
| TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | |
Position | Player | Status |
PG | Arturs Kurucs | Signed until 2023 |
SG | Vanja Marinkovic (story) | Signed until 2024 |
SG | Sander Raieste | Signed until 2024 |
SG | Miguel Gonzalez | Signed until 2024 |
SF | Rokas Giedraitis | Signed until 2023 |
SF | Tadas Sedekerskis | Signed until 2022 |
SF | Pavel Savkov | Signed until 2024 |
PF | Alec Peters | Contract option +1 |
PF | Ondrej Hanzlik | Signed until 2024 |
PF/C | Matt Costello (story) | Signed until 2024 |
C | Tonye Jekiri | Contract option +1 |
C | Youssoupha Fall | Signed until 2022 |
Coach | Dusko Ivanovic | |
Expired contract | Illimane Diop (released, story), Pierria Henry (not coming back), Achile Pollonara (not coming back), Quino Colom, Zoran Dragic, Franz Massenat | |
Rumored to leave | Rokas Giedraitis, Alec Peters, Youssoupha Fall | |
Interested | Simone Fontecchio (story), Vanja Marinkovic (story), Xabi Lopez-Arrostegui |
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