There has been no movement with Willy Hernangomez despite the siren songs at the close of the market. The center stays in the New Orleans Pelicans following he had asked to leave according to information from Sergio Rabinal and that the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls had shown their interest. Juancho is also still in Toronto.
The eldest of the Hernangómez has sent a very forceful message when he found out that he was not coming out: “All in and ready to make noise in the play-offs,” Willy posted on Twitter with a motivational photo.
As Rabinal has also explained, the interest of Willy’s suitors in other players has ruled out the possibility that the MVP del Eurobasket. In the case of the Celtics, the Massachusetts franchise has opted for Mike Muscala, from Oklahoma, whose advantage above all over the older Hernangómez is the outside shot.
The ‘center’ of 28 years He has a team option for the 2023-2024 season that the Pelicans might decline to present him with a contract extension. The possibility that Jonas Valančiūnas do not enter the future plans of the Louisiana organization -the Lithuanian also has a franchise option-, it would change the situation for Willy, who has barely participated in 28 of the 56 games of the set of Willie Green with a low average of 12 minutes, although registering 7.3 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist with 52.6% shooting from the field.
Tranquility for Juancho
The ‘deadline’ has not brought any news for Juancho Hernangómez either, who will continue with the Raptors at least until June, when his contract ends. The forward, with averages of 3 points and 3 rebounds in almost 15 minuteshas thus avoided a fourth transfer in the middle of the season as happened in 2020 when he arrived in Minnesota from Denver or last year with his move from the Celtics to the Spurs and from San Antonio to the Jazz.
The president of the Canadian franchise, Masai Ujiri, He has not made any comment regarding Juancho in his appearance following the market close. There were many expectations around the transfers that might take place in Toronto with Fred VanVleet, O.G. Anunoby it is included Pascal I’m sorry among the candidates. However, the return of Jakob Poeltl following his time at Spurs has been the only novelty.
Ujiri has detailed that no satisfactory offers have arrived for any of his standard players. The Clippers pushed at the last minute for VanVleet but declined the Raptors’ offer to trade for Terance Mann and a first round draft pick.
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