Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz forward Simone Fontecchio is about to sign a two-year contract with the Utah Jazz according to Eurodevotion. BasketNews confirmed the information.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Jazz have agreed on a two-year, $6.25M deal with the Italian forward.
The 26-year-old will compete in the NBA for the first time in his career.
In the previous two seasons, Fontecchio played in the EuroLeague with ALBA Berlin and Baskonia.
Last season with Baskonia the 2.03-meters tall Italian had an outstanding personal season by averaging 11 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game in the EuroLeague competition.
| Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz | |
Position | Player | Status |
PG | Markus Howard (story) | Signed until 2024 |
PG | Arturs Kurucs | Signed until 2023 |
SG | Sander Raieste | Signed until 2024 |
SG | Vanja Marinkovic | Signed until 2024 |
SF | Rokas Giedraitis | Signed until 2023 |
SF | Tadas Sedekerskis | Signed until 2024 |
SF | Simone Fontecchio | Signed until 2024 |
SF/PF | Daulton Hommes (story) | Signed until 2024 |
PF | Ondrej Hanzlik | Signed until 2024 |
PF/C | Matt Costello | Signed until 2024 |
C | Steven Enoch | Signed until 2023 |
Coach | Joan Penarroya (story) | |
Expired contract | Wade Baldwin (will not return), Alec Peters (will not return), Neven Spahija (will not return), Jayson Granger (will not return), Yannick Wetzell (will not return) | |
Rumored to leave | Simone Fontecchio (story) | |
Interested | Niels Giffey |
- Markus Howard officially joins Baskonia on a two-year deal
- Baskonia part ways with Jayson Granger
- Baskonia officially hire Joan Penarroya as their new head coach
- Baskonia bring Daulton Hommes to frontcourt