Dario Brizuela has officially become a member of Barcelona's backcourt after opting out of his contract with Malaga.
Just a few hours after Dario Brizuela exercised his unilateral right to early termination of the contract that bound him to Unicaja Malaga until June 30, 2026, his new team, FC Barcelona, announced the Spanish shooting guard on a three-year deal.
Brizuela joins former Joventut Badalona forward Joel Parra and former NBA big man Willy Hernangomez as the latest additions to the squad coached by Roger Grimau. As Juan Calderon from SUR reported, it is thought that the buy-out Barca paid to Unicaja would be around €1.15 million.
Until now, the former Unicaja guard has played a total of 256 games in the ACB , with an average of 19 minutes, 9.8 points and 1.9 assists. Its versatility is one of its strengths.
Brizuela, 28, was formed in the lower categories of CB Easo de Donosti, despite the fact that in 2011 he already signed for the lower categories of Estudiantes. He stayed there for eight and a half seasons. Despite having played two games with the first team in 2012, Brizuela consolidated in the first team of the collegiate team from the 2015-16 season, after a season on loan at Huesca.
His growth as a player aroused the interest of teams with a bigger budget than the student ones and it was Unicaja Malaga who finally took him away.
During his time at Unicaja he has established himself as one of the great stars of Spanish basketball. Shortly after landing in Malaga, he managed to reach the final of the Copa del Rey, held at the Martín Carpena in 2020. During these seasons in our team he has confirmed himself as a regular in the Spanish National Team, last summer managing to win gold at the EuroBasket with Spain.
The 2022-23 season was very special for Unicaja and for Dario Brizuela, since he was selected as a member of the best team of the Basketball Champions League, in addition to winning the Copa del Rey with his team.
Last season, Brizuela averaged 12.4 points, 1.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 9.3 EFF per game over 15 appearances in the Basketball Champions League.
In the Spanish ACB League, the 28-year-old averaged 9.1 points, 1.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 7.2 EFF per game over 34 appearances.
 | FC Barcelona | |
| Position | Player | Status |
| PG | Rokas Jokubaitis | Signed until 2023 +2 |
| PG/SG | Nicolas Laprovittola | Signed until 2026 |
| PG/SG | Tomas Satoransky | Signed until 2026 |
| SG | Cory Higgins | Signed until 2024 |
| SG/SF | Dario Brizuela (story) | Signed until 2026 |
| SF | Nikola Kalinic | Signed until 2024 |
| SG/SF | Oriol Pauli | Signed until 2024 |
| SF | Alex Abrines | Signed until 2026 |
| PF | Joel Parra (story) | Signed until 2027 |
| PF | Nikola Mirotic | Signed until 2025 |
| PF | Sergi Martinez | Signed until 2024 |
| PF/C | Oscar da Silva | Signed until 2025 |
| C | Willy Hernangomez (story) | Signed until 2026 |
| C | Jan Vesely | Signed until 2025 |
| C | James Nnaji | Long-term contract |
| Coach | Roger Grimau (signed until 2025) | |
| Expired contract | Kyle Kuric, Sarunas Jasikevicius (will not return), Mike Tobey | |
| Rumored to leave | Nikola Mirotic (story), Cory Higgins, Nikola Kalinic, Sertac Sanli (will not return), Mike Tobey | |
| Interested | Dario Brizuela (story), Juancho Hernangomez (story), Luke Sikma (story) | |
- Barcelona officially tab Dario Brizuela long-term
- Willy Hernangomez officially announced by Barcelona on multi-year deal
- Dario Brizuela: Barcelona reportedly intend to pay buy-out to Unicaja
- Joel Parra joins Barcelona on a long-term deal
- Willy Hernangomez accepted offer from Barcelona, Juancho yet to decide
- Willy Hernangomez reportedly was presented with an offer by Barcelona
- Barcelona release Sertac Sanli after two years
- Roger Grimau takes over FC Barcelona
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