{"id":491709,"date":"2026-04-07T17:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=491709"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:15:43","slug":"reyer-venezia-officially-sign-hason-ward-to-strengthen-the-frontcourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/reyer-venezia-officially-sign-hason-ward-to-strengthen-the-frontcourt\/","title":{"rendered":"Reyer Venezia officially sign Hason Ward to strengthen the frontcourt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1859\"><strong data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1629\">Umana Reyer Venezia<\/strong> have officially announced the signing of <strong data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1685\">Hason Ward<\/strong>, a center born in Barbados on September 24, 2000.<br data-start=\"1735\" data-end=\"1738\" \/>The big man, listed at 206 cm and 100 kg, joins the roster to bring athleticism, verticality and strong defensive impact.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"2195\">Ward arrives after spending the 2025-26 season in the <strong data-start=\"1915\" data-end=\"1931\">NBA G League<\/strong> with the <strong data-start=\"1941\" data-end=\"1958\">Maine Celtics<\/strong>, where he posted <strong data-start=\"1976\" data-end=\"2028\">9.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game<\/strong> across 45 appearances.<br data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2054\" \/>Those numbers confirm his profile as a true <strong data-start=\"2098\" data-end=\"2115\">rim protector<\/strong>, able to contribute around the basket both as a finisher and as a shot blocker.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2197\" data-end=\"2530\">During his development, he also played for <strong data-start=\"2240\" data-end=\"2247\">VCU<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2252\" data-end=\"2266\">Iowa State<\/strong> in college basketball, while also featuring with the <strong data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2340\">Sacramento Kings<\/strong> in Summer League and within the <strong data-start=\"2373\" data-end=\"2391\">Boston Celtics<\/strong> system.<br data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2402\" \/>For Reyer, this is a signing aimed at adding energy, size and another solution in the paint for the final stretch of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2000-born center arrives to add verticality, rim protection and defensive presence to the orange-and-grenade roster after his season with the Maine Celtics in the G League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":491708,"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":[259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[185],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-491709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serie-a","typology-official"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/MRC09793.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491709","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491709"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=491709"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=491709"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=491709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}