George Mason guard Keyshawn Hall has opted to test the 2024 NBA draft waters and enter the NCAA transfer portal, he tells Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68 (Twitter link).
When the Cleveland Cavaliers moved on from Kyrie Irving in the 2017 offseason, one of the promising pieces they acquired from the Boston Celtics was Ante Zizic.
The Cleveland Cavaliers frontcourt has seen a fair amount of turnover since the team entered a rebuild in the 2018 summer. Immediately following LeBron James’ second exit from the Land, the starting center spot was shared among Ante Zizic, Kevin Love, and Marquese Chriss.
Free agent center Ante Zizic has agreed to a two-year contract with Turkish power Anadolu Efes, per Bugra Uzar of Eurohoops. Zizic, 25, is 6-foot-10 and has been playing for Israeli power Maccabi Tel Aviv since 2020.
Zizic, the Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv center, was playing defense and got bowled over on an opponent’s drive to the basket, hitting the back of his head on the court.
It’s a little unusual to see a player sign with an international team before his NBA contract technically expires, but the unprecedented impact of the coronavirus pandemic presumably played a part in Zizic’s early exit from Cleveland.
A return to Europe appears to be in the cards for Cavaliers center Ante Zizic, whose rookie contract is expiring this October after the team turned down his fourth-year option for 2020-21 last fall.
It’ll be some time before Zizic can officially sign with Real Madrid or any other team, but it won’t be a major surprise if he does head back overseas.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is interested in signing Cavaliers center Ante Zizic next season, according to Dario Skerletic of Sportando. Zizic will be a free agent after Cleveland declined his fourth-year option in October.
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