{"id":483583,"date":"2026-02-13T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=483583"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:43:30","slug":"barcellona-targets-sylvain-francisco-for-the-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcellona-targets-sylvain-francisco-for-the-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcellona targets Sylvain Francisco for the next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona is trying to get its hands on Sylvain Francisco. According to Sportando, the Zalgiris point guard is the Blaugrana&#8217;s main target for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Francisco, who is averaging 16.9 points and 6.7 assists in the EuroLeague this season, has an option with the Lithuanians for next season, but will be a free agent in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The French player would therefore be the first major addition for Xavi Pascual in the 2026-2027 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udca3\ud83d\udea8 Sylvain Francisco is Barcelona&#8217;s main target for next season.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd35The French point guard still has a year left on his contract with Zalgiris Kaunas, but he can leave Lithuania in summer. He is currently averaging 16.9 points and 6.7 assists in the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJ3mOU4lmw\">pic.twitter.com\/iJ3mOU4lmw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alessandro Luigi Maggi (@AlessandroMagg4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlessandroMagg4\/status\/2022272263488196935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2026<\/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>Barcelona is trying to get its hands on Sylvain Francisco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":483582,"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":[305,199,271],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-483583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague","category-lithuania","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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