{"id":478553,"date":"2026-01-12T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=478553"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:23:41","slug":"bruno-caboclo-nearing-hapoel-exit-dubai-emerging-as-frontrunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/bruno-caboclo-nearing-hapoel-exit-dubai-emerging-as-frontrunner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Caboclo nearing Hapoel exit: Dubai emerging as frontrunner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1654\"><strong data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1426\">Caboclo<\/strong> is closing in on his next move as his departure from <strong data-start=\"1480\" data-end=\"1499\">Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/strong> gets closer, with <strong data-start=\"1518\" data-end=\"1538\">Dubai Basketball<\/strong> viewed as the top option.<br data-start=\"1564\" data-end=\"1567\" \/>Sources say there\u2019s interest across multiple markets, but Dubai has moved to the front.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1656\" data-end=\"1893\">The move is tied to <strong data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"1692\">Serta\u00e7 \u015eanl\u0131<\/strong> nearing an exit from Dubai, opening a spot for Caboclo in the frontcourt.<br data-start=\"1766\" data-end=\"1769\" \/>Because he hasn\u2019t been registered in the <strong data-start=\"1810\" data-end=\"1824\">EuroLeague<\/strong>, Caboclo remains eligible for an in-season switch even after Jan. 5.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1895\" data-end=\"2166\">The 30-year-old has not played a EuroLeague or Israeli league game this season due to health issues.<br data-start=\"1995\" data-end=\"1998\" \/>He last featured for Brazil at the <strong data-start=\"2033\" data-end=\"2055\">2025 FIBA AmeriCup<\/strong> (gold, <strong data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2080\">All-Star Five<\/strong>) after averaging 7.4 points and 3.7 rebounds for Hapoel in last season\u2019s <strong data-start=\"2154\" data-end=\"2165\">EuroCup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BasketNews reports Bruno Caboclo is close to leaving Hapoel Tel Aviv, with Dubai Basketball leading the race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":477274,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[191,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-478553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aba-liga","category-euroleague","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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