April 2014 Barca Wiretap
Barcelona has agreed to sign DeShaun Thomas.
Thomas had previously reached agreement with Scandone Avellino, but the club delayed in signing the contract for three weeks.
Thomas spent last season with JSF Nanterre and will replace Kostas Papanikolaou with Barcelona.
Three-year NBA forward Mickael Gelabale is receiving interest on a possible deal with FC Barcelona, sources told RealGM.
FC Barcelona will be without two integral players next season, losing Kostas Papanikolaou to the Houston Rockets and Erazem Lorbek in a buyout agreement. The European powerhouse has Gelabale on a list of potential additions.
Lorbek’s NBA rights are owned by San Antonio, but the 6-foot-11, former Michigan State forward won’t join the Spurs this summer and will recover his body to full health before deciding on his next professional contract, a source told RealGM. Lorbek, 30, has already announced he’s unable to play in the World Cup for the Slovenian national team due to injury.
Gelabale averaged 5 points and 2.7 rebounds in 36 games for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2013. Some NBA teams planned to watch Gelabale perform for France in the World Cup.
Gelabale was a second round pick in 2005 to the then-Seattle SuperSonics, and played two seasons with the franchise and suffered an ACL injury that subsequently led him to the NBA Development League and overseas teams.
Erazem Lorbek and Barcelona have agreed upon a contract buyout.
Lorbek was originally drafted by the Indiana Pacers, but his draft rights were dealt to the San Antonio Spurs as part of the Kawhi Leonard trade in 2011.
The Spurs have just one remaining roster spot available.
Barcelona has signed Jevohn Shepherd.
Shepherd averaged 18.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game last season with Omegna.
Shepherd, a 28-year-old native of Toronto, played collegately at Michigan.
Tibor Pleiss will sign with Barcelona after attempts to get a deal done with the Oklahoma City Thunder were unsuccessful due to his buyout.
Pleiss had played for Laboral Kutxa since 2012 and was the 31st overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft when he was with Brose Baskets.
The German-born center won't turn 25 until November and the plan is still for Pleiss to come to the NBA for the 15-16 season.
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