{"id":492686,"date":"2026-04-13T13:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=492686"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:23:26","slug":"baskonia-reportedly-already-negotiating-kobi-simmons-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/baskonia-reportedly-already-negotiating-kobi-simmons-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Baskonia reportedly already negotiating Kobi Simmons extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1845\"><strong data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1522\">Baskonia<\/strong> has already started negotiations to extend <strong data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1582\">Kobi Simmons<\/strong>, at a time when <strong data-start=\"1599\" data-end=\"1618\">Trent Forrest\u2019s<\/strong> continuity with the club appears increasingly unlikely. The point guard is out of contract and, after his strong season, his market value has reportedly risen enough to attract interest from several major <strong data-start=\"1824\" data-end=\"1838\">EuroLeague<\/strong> teams.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1847\" data-end=\"2214\">In that context, the Basque club has decided to move quickly on Simmons, who was originally signed because of Forrest\u2019s injury and with <strong data-start=\"1983\" data-end=\"2000\">Markus Howard<\/strong> also sidelined. His performances have been considered solid, and Baskonia believes that with more experience in European basketball and better adaptation to <strong data-start=\"2158\" data-end=\"2178\">Paolo Galbiati\u2019s<\/strong> system, he could deliver even more.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2216\" data-end=\"2510\">In the <strong data-start=\"2223\" data-end=\"2237\">EuroLeague<\/strong>, Simmons is averaging <strong data-start=\"2260\" data-end=\"2287\">11 points and 3 assists<\/strong> per game. Three-point shooting remains the weakest part of his statistical profile at <strong data-start=\"2374\" data-end=\"2381\">29%<\/strong>, while his numbers inside the arc (<strong data-start=\"2417\" data-end=\"2424\">63%<\/strong>) and from the free throw line (<strong data-start=\"2456\" data-end=\"2463\">92%<\/strong>) have been excellent. He will turn 29 in July.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2512\" data-end=\"2532\"><a href=\"https:\/\/encestando.es\/el-baskonia-negocia-ya-la-renovacion-de-kobi-simmons\/\"><em data-start=\"2512\" data-end=\"2532\">Source: Encestando<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vitoria club is moving early to keep the American guard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":492685,"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":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-492686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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