Former NBA ahead Bruno Caboclo is understanding with the Warriors this week as he continues to hunt a brand new alternative within the league, agent Daniel Hazan informed Sports activities Channel in Israel (hat tip to BasketNews.com).
“He’ll prepare with the Golden State Warriors till Thursday with the purpose of signing a contract, and he believes he’ll succeed,” Hazan stated of his shopper.
The twentieth total choose within the 2014 draft, Caboclo spent elements of seven seasons within the NBA, however appeared in simply 105 whole video games for the Raptors, Kings, Grizzlies, and Rockets from 2014-21. He averaged 4.2 factors and a pair of.6 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per contest.
Caboclo has been more practical on the worldwide stage, successful a German League (BBL) title in 2023 with Ratiopharm Ulm and incomes All-EuroCup Second Staff honors that season. He additionally represented Brazil on this 12 months’s Olympics, main the nationwide staff with 17.3 factors and seven.0 rebounds in 22.1 minutes per recreation throughout 4 outings.
Though Caboclo stated throughout the Olympics that he anticipated to return to KK Partizan for an additional season after enjoying for the Serbian membership in 2023/24, it now feels like he could find yourself elsewhere. The Warriors might supply him a possible path to an everyday season roster spot, since they solely have 12 gamers on assured salaries, with Lindy Waters and Gui Santos (each on non-guaranteed offers) at the moment penciled in because the thirteenth and 14th males.
If he doesn’t obtain an NBA supply, the 6’9″ ahead could pursue a cope with Hapoel Tel Aviv. The Israeli staff made him a proposal earlier this month, and whereas reporting on the time instructed Caboclo had a small window to simply accept that supply, his agent informed Sports activities Channel that Tel Aviv stays a risk.
“We’re in negotiations, we’re making good progress,” Hazan stated. “It’s undoubtedly an possibility value protecting.”
