José Juan Barea is close to signing in the ACB League in Spain

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The return of the Puerto Rican Jose Juan Barea the court could happen next week and it wouldn’t be in the NBA.

El Nuevo Día has learned that the Puerto Rican basketball team is close to reaching an agreement with the Estudiantes club in the Spanish ACB League to make its debut in basketball in Europe.

After being released by the Dallas Mavericks before the start of this season in the NBA in December last year – but with a guaranteed contract of $ 2.6 million – the goalkeeper of the national team did not rule out the possibility of playing in Spain, although his priority was to return.in the enebeist league.

As it happened, the Estudiantes club made an offer to the 36-year-old veteran canastero in the last days, and the agreement could materialize this weekend. Apparently, Mayagüezano wants to stay active on the field without losing hope of receiving a call from an NBA organization in February.

Barea, who has a total of 14 NBA seasons, will go to a club that is trying to improve its performance and rise to the middle of the CBA standings. The students have a record of 5-11 and occupy the fifteenth place among the 19 participating teams. Real Madrid is leading 16-1.

Barea would travel to Madrid next week to join the team and make his debut on January 30 in a match against Acunsa GBC.

The student leader is Javier Zamora.

Puerto Rican Gian Clavell played with Estudiantes in the 2018-19 season.

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