Real Madrid, close to signing a double NBA champion who played with Curry and LeBron

ByDavid Mitchell

Damian Jones is very close to signing for him real Madrid. At least, that’s what Chema de Lucas first hinted at, and later stated, yesterday through his ‘X’ account.

Information that was later confirmed by other specialized basketball portals, such as ‘Eurohoops‘, which confirmed that the agreement between both parties would be close to being finalized.

The pivot, of 31 years old and 2.13 metersspent eight seasons in the NBA and won a pair of consecutive rings with the Golden State Warriors by Stephen Curry, in 2017 and 2018, although with a very secondary role.

If the signing is completed, it would be Jones’ first experience in European basketball, and he would arrive at Pedro Martínez’s new Real Madrid 2026-27 to reinforce Madrid’s inside game and occupy a role similar to that of the Ukrainian. Alex Len.

Throughout his NBA career, he participated in 279 regular season games with the aforementioned Warriors, in addition to the Hawks, Suns, LakersKings, Jazz and Cavaliers, posting career averages of 4.9 points and 3.1 rebounds.

After his last season in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers, in 2023-24, Jones continued his career abroad and last season, he averaged 9.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls in China before moving to Puerto Rico this summer, where he has averaged 13 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in 10 games.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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