{"id":193125,"date":"2021-01-06T18:12:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=193125"},"modified":"2021-01-06T18:12:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T17:12:09","slug":"barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00e9o Westermann will join Bar\u00e7a until June 30, 2022. The 28-year-old Frenchman, 1.98m, arrives on a free transfer after agreeing to leave Fenerbahce in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<h2>A versatile point guard<\/h2>\n<p>Westermann is a tall point guard with a big reach,<span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\">\u00a0the ability to lead the team and also to create chances for his team-mates. He also has very good scoring percentages, particularly with the triple, and is excellent at blocking off opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his career he has played a total of 139 games in the Euroleague &#8211; Partizan (14), Limoges (20), Zalgiris (57), CSKA (17), Fenerbahce (31) &#8211; with an average of 6.6 points\u00a0<span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\">per game and a 39% success rate from the outside the key, with the last two seasons above 45%.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Known to Saras<\/h2>\n<p>Westermann has played for Sarunas Jasikevicius before, in the 2016\/17 and 2018\/19 campaigns.\u00a0<span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\">One of his best years in the Euroleague: 8.2 points, 5.5 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 25 minutes per game, came under Saras&#8217; watchful eye. After that great season he signed for CSKA Moscow (2017\/18), but the Russian adventure only lasted one season before he returned to Kaunas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the last season and a half, 2019\/20 and the start of 2020\/21, Westermann has played for Fenerbahce Beko in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<h2>Finally at Bar\u00e7a<\/h2>\n<p>In the summer of 2014 Bar\u00e7a had a preferential right over Westermann, but in the end the Frenchman didn&#8217;t join.\u00a0<span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"auto\" data-phrase-index=\"1\">Now, almost seven years later, it&#8217;s become a reality.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00e9o Westermann will join Bar\u00e7a until June 30, 2022. The 28-year-old Frenchman, 1.98m, arrives on a free transfer after agreeing to leave Fenerbahce in Istanbul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":193124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34,82],"tags":[],"rumors":[134],"typology":[20],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-193125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-ufficiale"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann - Sportando<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann - Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"L\u00e9o Westermann will join Bar\u00e7a until June 30, 2022. The 28-year-old Frenchman, 1.98m, arrives on a free transfer after agreeing to leave Fenerbahce in Istanbul\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-06T17:12:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Emiliano Carchia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emiliano Carchia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Emiliano Carchia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0a8e1605c7c00973ec7ed2a30cb3f23b\"},\"headline\":\"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-06T17:12:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"ACB\",\"EuroLeague\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/\",\"name\":\"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann - Sportando\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-06T17:12:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0a8e1605c7c00973ec7ed2a30cb3f23b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sportando\",\"description\":\"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0a8e1605c7c00973ec7ed2a30cb3f23b\",\"name\":\"Emiliano Carchia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d12c286faa101fb5b0816105e312be0d294856ef2715719c1ece2a3dd4cbb2ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d12c286faa101fb5b0816105e312be0d294856ef2715719c1ece2a3dd4cbb2ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d12c286faa101fb5b0816105e312be0d294856ef2715719c1ece2a3dd4cbb2ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Emiliano Carchia\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/author\\\/emilianocarchia\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann - Sportando","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann - Sportando","og_description":"L\u00e9o Westermann will join Bar\u00e7a until June 30, 2022. The 28-year-old Frenchman, 1.98m, arrives on a free transfer after agreeing to leave Fenerbahce in Istanbul","og_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/","og_site_name":"Sportando","article_published_time":"2021-01-06T17:12:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Emiliano Carchia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Emiliano Carchia","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/"},"author":{"name":"Emiliano Carchia","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/0a8e1605c7c00973ec7ed2a30cb3f23b"},"headline":"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann","datePublished":"2021-01-06T17:12:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/"},"wordCount":229,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg","articleSection":["ACB","EuroLeague"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/","name":"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann - Sportando","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-01-06T17:12:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/0a8e1605c7c00973ec7ed2a30cb3f23b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg","width":1200,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-officially-adds-leo-westermann\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Barcelona officially adds Leo Westermann"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/","name":"Sportando","description":"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/0a8e1605c7c00973ec7ed2a30cb3f23b","name":"Emiliano Carchia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d12c286faa101fb5b0816105e312be0d294856ef2715719c1ece2a3dd4cbb2ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d12c286faa101fb5b0816105e312be0d294856ef2715719c1ece2a3dd4cbb2ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d12c286faa101fb5b0816105e312be0d294856ef2715719c1ece2a3dd4cbb2ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Emiliano Carchia"},"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/author\/emilianocarchia\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/ErD9B2KXIAEi_U6.jpeg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193125"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=193125"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=193125"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=193125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}