{"id":490944,"date":"2026-04-02T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=490944"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:42:00","slug":"barcelona-eyeing-mike-james-if-francisco-deal-falls-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-eyeing-mike-james-if-francisco-deal-falls-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona eyeing Mike James if Francisco deal falls through?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Sylvain Francisco, the Zalgiris Kaunas point guard, remains Barcelona&#8217;s primary target for the backcourt heading into next season.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">However, the negotiations might not be straightforward. As reported by Alessandro Maggi, the Frenchman has a substantial offer from Anadolu Efes on the table and is also reportedly interested in exploring opportunities in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Should the pursuit of Francisco stall, the Blaugrana could pivot to Mike James. While significantly more experienced than Francisco, James remains one of the most talented and prolific scorers in Europe. Moreover, he is said to have an excellent rapport with coach Xavi Pascual.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f We said it weeks ago: Sylvain Francisco is Barcelona\u2019s top target. But the player, in addition to having a lucrative offer from Efes, has his sights set on the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>So, all eyes are on Mike James. He\u2019s always had a special relationship with Xavi Pascual. \u201cThe Natural\u201d has\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gVWvYEIqlZ\">pic.twitter.com\/gVWvYEIqlZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alessandro Luigi Maggi (@AlessandroMagg4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlessandroMagg4\/status\/2039453787555844225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 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>Sylvain Francisco, the Zalgiris Kaunas point guard, remains Barcelona&#8217;s primary target for the backcourt heading into next season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":481003,"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":[305,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-490944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Mike-James-.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490944","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\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490944"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=490944"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=490944"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=490944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}