{"id":422768,"date":"2025-01-10T12:54:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=422768"},"modified":"2025-01-10T12:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T11:54:36","slug":"alba-berlin-signs-michael-kessens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/alba-berlin-signs-michael-kessens\/","title":{"rendered":"ALBA Berlin signs Michael Kessens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"89bd442d-e851-4550-b887-b4083915560f\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>ALBA Berlin has signed German center Michael Kessens until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from Paris Basketball, the 33-year-old will only compete in the Bundesliga due to EuroLeague transfer regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The former EuroCup champion stated, &#8220;It\u2019s an honor to be part of the ALBA family.&#8221; Sporting director Himar Ojeda expressed confidence in Kessens\u2019 contribution for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">Willkommen bei ALBA, Michael Kessens! \ud83d\udc4b<\/p>\n<p>Vertrag bis zum Saisonende: Der deutsche Center wechselt von Paris nach Berlin und wird unseren Frontcourt in der <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/easyCreditBBL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@easyCreditBBL<\/a> verst\u00e4rken.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s gooooooooo! \ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Alle Infos: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oxQ95JpXiX\">https:\/\/t.co\/oxQ95JpXiX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PM4LmHQ6r7\">pic.twitter.com\/PM4LmHQ6r7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ALBA BERLIN (@albaberlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/albaberlin\/status\/1877675277343485992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBA Berlin has signed German center Michael Kessens until the end of the season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":422767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[40,82],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[20],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-422768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbl","category-euroleague","typology-ufficiale"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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