{"id":491245,"date":"2026-04-04T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=491245"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:07:10","slug":"zalgiris-kaunas-secures-dustin-sleva-with-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/zalgiris-kaunas-secures-dustin-sleva-with-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Zalgiris Kaunas secures Dustin Sleva with contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"465\">Zalgiris Kaunas has confirmed the extension of a key piece of its roster for next season, officially announcing the renewal of Dustin Sleva\u2019s contract. The player has agreed to a one-year deal with the Lithuanian club, which also includes an option for the following season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"609\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">So far this season, Sleva has been averaging 6.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, providing valuable contributions on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Diving for every loose ball, fighting for every centimeter and putting his body on the line to honor the crest on his chest and the city in the stands. \ud83d\udc9a<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re happy to have you with us, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2sleevs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@2sleevs<\/a> \ud83d\ude0c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SM74KCfOpo\">pic.twitter.com\/SM74KCfOpo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BC Zalgiris Kaunas (@bczalgiris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bczalgiris\/status\/2040373484153401793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 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>The forward signs a one-year deal with an option for the following season after a solid campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":491244,"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":[199,271],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[185],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-491245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-lithuania","typology-official"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/HFDRT0la4AAhOto.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491245","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\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491245"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=491245"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=491245"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=491245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}