{"id":339896,"date":"2023-07-16T09:32:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T07:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=339896"},"modified":"2023-07-16T09:32:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T07:32:14","slug":"olimpia-milano-reportedly-targets-alex-poythress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/olimpia-milano-reportedly-targets-alex-poythress\/","title":{"rendered":"Olimpia Milano reportedly targets Alex Poythress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olimpia Milano targets Alex Poythress to complete his front line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Per sources Alex Poythress is getting some serious heat from Milan<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Moses (@MosesB1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MosesB1\/status\/1680326619334955009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udce2 OLIMPIA MILANO is close to signing Alex Poythress, I am told.<\/p>\n<p>Poythress averaged 7.8ppg in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EuroLeague<\/a> with Maccabi in 2022\/2023.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rep_milano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rep_milano<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegaBasketA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LegaBasketA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Lorenzi (@fabry23lorenzi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabry23lorenzi\/status\/1680347307697483777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Alexander Poythress has previously played in Europe for Galatasatay (averaging 13+7 in EuroCup), Zenit (with averages of 9+4 the first year, and 8+4 the second), before moving to Maccabi. 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