After the legal period of 48 hours in which any NBA franchise could have signed Usman Garuba, since no offer has reached him, the Spanish player is a free agent. This means that he can consider options in the NBA without restrictions in the coming weeks and sign an agreement without the framework of his rookie contract for the period 2021-2024.
Given that the training camps, the preseason, of the teams begin in mid-September, it is possible that some team will make room for him there, but it is difficult to think that with an important role or for a lot of money. The fact that he has a good World Cup with Spain can play in his favor and that revalues him as a rotation specialist player or that there is an injury these days or later in the middle of the preseason and that opens a gap for him.
Of course, Garuba has made it clear in his interviews given in recent weeks that his plans for the immediate future include the NBA. He knew he could be cut by the Oklahoma City Thunder, but that didn’t discourage him.
At the end of September your reality may be different if you have not achieved a satisfactory offer there. Garuba knows that in Europe he is a sought-after and valued power forward. In fact, returning to Real Madrid would be feasible for him. The white club has its rights in Europe and if it leaves the NBA, Garuba will be under the control of Madrid. But then both parties can also negotiate one thing: given that the white team has Tavares, Poirier and Yabusele, plus Hezonja as a three-four, Garuba could play this next season in a different European team but with Madrid retaining his rights for the next summer. This is what Barcelona did with Hezonja himself in February 2021 when he was released in the NBA and had no place at Barça: he went to Panathinaikos to finish that campaign and his rights returned to the azugrana entity in the summer, which then sold.
2023-08-24 22:08:34
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