After his brief stint in the NBA, Gabriel Deck is one step away from returning to European basketball

The eaves Gabriel Deck he was cut by the Oklahoma City Thunder and thus ended his short NBA career. As reported Gamers, from The sixth, the santiagueño I would go back to Europe to wear the Real Madrid shirt, entity where he knew how to be one of the main figures. The basketball player would sign for the remainder of the current season plus two more and the medical examination would be carried out next week.

In the account of the Argentine communication team, the rumors were further fueled by writing a tweet with the emoji “Back”, alluding to the possible return to the Meringue.

Despite the fact that the Oklahoma franchise is in the middle of rebuilding and with one of the worst records in the American league (13 wins and 24 losses), coach Mark Daigneault practically dispensed with the services of the Tortu, even leaving him without minutes on repeated occasions.

With the Thunder jersey He only played 17 games (10 in the previous campaign and seven in the current one), averaging 8.0 minutes and 2.6 points. In that time he has earned 5.5 million dollars, although from there came the termination clause to buy his freedom from Madrid.

The 26-year-old native of Colonia Dora could continue in the United States if within 48 hours a franchise claimed his contract, but in the end it did not happen. Another option was if some institution offered him a temporary contract for ten days, something very common in the face of the wave of coronavirus cases. But nevertheless, he chose to return to the Spanish league, which he knows perfectly. He arrived at the White House in 2018, after shining with the San Lorenzo and Quimsa shirt.

In recent days Oklahoma added guard of Nigerian descent Miye Oni and a future 2028 second-round pick from the Utah Jazz. However, the franchise quickly cut Oni and will officially do the same with the former Real Madrid player in the next few hours. Adrian Wojnarowski, one of the journalists with the best sources within the NBA, explained that the Thunder dispensed with the Argentine to fit all the pieces of this operation.

Although he left the Meringue As one of the worst paid of the squad, his current situation changed completely: he returned with the poster of one of the star figures and a stronghold within the Argentine team. In his first stage in the Whites, he won three Spanish Super Cups, one ACB League and one King’s Cup. It is worth mentioning that it also sounded to reinforce Barcelona, ​​where his compatriot Nicolás Laprovittola plays.

The cast led by Pablo Laso also includes the presence of Edy Tavares, Vincent Poirier, Anthony Randolph, Jeffery Taylor, Rudy Fernández, Sergio Lull and Nigel Williams-Goss.

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