Partizan NIS Belgrade are parting ways with Rodions Kurucs, the agent Arturs Kalnitis announced.
Rodions Kurucs
Team: |
Partizan Belgrade |
Position: | SF, PF |
Age: | 24 |
Height: | 206 cm |
Weight: | 93 kg |
Birth place: | Latvia |
Kurucs will be heading out to the USA to participate in the 2022 NBA summer league in Las Vegas, via the report.
The 24-year-old Latvian averaged 3.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, 0.9 assists, and 3.3 PIR over 9 EuroCup games this past season.
His Adriatic League averages marked 5.0 points, 2.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 6.6 PIR in 14 duels.
Kurucs returned to Europe last July, signing a two-year deal with the Serbian powerhouse, which included an NBA out.
The 2.06-meter forward had played across the Atlantic since 2017. He split time between the Brooklyn Nets, Houston Rockets, and Milwaukee Bucks.
Kurucs appeared in 131 NBA games, averaging 6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 16 minutes of play.
He was the No. 40 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and has also played for VEF Riga (2012-15) and FC Barcelona (2015-18).
Current roster
![]() | Partizan Belgrade | |
Position | Player | Status |
PG | Aleksa Avramovic | Signed until 2023 |
PG | Yam Madar | Signed until 2024 |
SG | Kevin Punter | Signed until 2023 |
SG | Gregor Glas | Signed until 2024 |
SF | Nemanja Dangubic | Signed until 2023 |
SF | Uros Trifunovic | Signed until 2024 |
PF | Zach LeDay | Signed until 2023 |
C | Balsa Koprivica | Signed until 2024 |
C | Alen Smailagic | Signed until 2024 |
C | Tristan Vukcevic | Signed until 2024 |
Coach | Zeljko Obradovic | |
Expired contract | Mathias Lessort, Dallas Moore, Rade Zagorac | |
Rumored to leave | Rodions Kurucs (will not return) | |
Interested |
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