Updated
11/06/2021
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Ehe Barcelona will know tonight if they will play in the final of the Endesa League, but they have not neglected next season and have spent time trying to strengthen themselves. Thus, the Catalans have managed to tie the signing Sertac Sanli, a 29-year-old 2.12-meter Turkish pvot (he turns 30 in August) who plays for Anadolu Efes and defeated them in the Euroleague final.
The Ottoman player, as reported by journalist Ismail Senol, has received “an astronomical offer.” Signing for two years with Barcelona and receiving close to two million euros, which will make him the highest paid Turkish player in Europe. Last season he had averages of 7.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 7.3 value. It is a rocky pvot that is difficult to cross in defense and has resources in attack, as shown by its 66.1% in shots of two and its 34.9% in triples.
The arrival of Sanli will be the starting signal for the reconstruction that Sarunas Jasikevicius wants in the Barça team. Some players have its continuity impossible, such as Artem Pustovyi and Leo Westermann, and others with a contract will be able to leave the team, such as Vctor Claver and Adam Hanga, who have one season remaining, and Captain Pierre Oriola, which ends in 2024 All three have seen their minutes greatly reduced in recent months.
Sanli could fill the gap left by Pustovyi and, probably, by Oriola and Pau Gasol, whose continuity is still up in the air. The Turk will make a powerful inner couple with Brandon Davies who, both in the Endesa League and in the EuroLga, will have to face the one formed by Walter Tavares and Vincent Poirier at Real Madrid.
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