They place Rolands Smits in Barça’s orbit

He Barça basketball has, at this time, many open folders. From the soap opera still to be resolved regarding the bench, with the name of Alexander Sekulic entering the scene, to the creation of a squad, which has many announced losses but no official additions.

Looking forward to the progress that has been made SekulicBarça continues working on possible additions for next season. And after seeing how the real Madrid took the lead to sign Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrotthe Barça entity would have set its target on a player who was already at the club since the summer of 2017 – on loan to Fuenlabrada until 2018 – until the end of the 2021-22 season.

The name in question is Roland Smitsa 31-year-old Latvian power forward who until now has worn the colors of the Anadolu Efes who now directs Pablo Laso. And as revealed this Wednesday from Turkey, Barça would have presented an official offer to the player to return to the Palau this summer, information that was confirmed this Thursday by journalist Óscar Herreros.

On July 15, the Anadolu Efes confirmed that club and player were officially separating their paths through a contract termination, something that allowed the Latvian to be a free agent and negotiate with any team. Weeks after his departure, Smits is running as a candidate to reinforce Barça’s inside game, who would also fill a spot within the squad.

Smits He is an old acquaintance in the Endesa Leaguesince he debuted in Fuenlabrada 2012-13 and played for the Madrid club until the 2017-18 campaign. In the summer of 2018 he landed in the Barça after a year on loan to the Fuenlabrada team, with then Svetislav Pesic on the bench In 2020, he played under the baton of Saras Jasikevicius until 2022, but he chose to change his scene to have more minutes of play, since with the Catalan club he played an average of just over 13 minutes on average in the ACB. After leaving Spain, he went to Zalgiris Kaunaswhere he spent two seasons, and then signed for the Anadolu Efeswhere he has been the last two courses.