{"id":495731,"date":"2026-05-06T14:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=495731"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:17:08","slug":"mike-james-denies-barcelona-commitment-i-aint-committed-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/mike-james-denies-barcelona-commitment-i-aint-committed-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike James denies Barcelona commitment: \u201cI ain\u2019t committed nowhere\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1731\"><strong data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1548\">Mike James<\/strong> has closed his European chapter with <strong data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1599\">AS Monaco<\/strong> after a 3-0 playoff sweep against Olympiacos, but he denied having already committed to <strong data-start=\"1688\" data-end=\"1701\">Barcelona<\/strong> or any other EuroLeague team.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"1973\">Speaking to <strong data-start=\"1745\" data-end=\"1759\">BasketNews<\/strong>, James said: \u201cI ain\u2019t committed nowhere.\u201d He admitted that anything is possible as he enters free agency, but described the Barcelona and <strong data-start=\"1898\" data-end=\"1914\">Xavi Pascual<\/strong> rumors as an easy connection rather than a finalized deal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2335\">James also defended his Monaco legacy: five seasons, five playoff appearances, two Final Fours and one championship game. \u201cI don\u2019t know if anybody else could have come here and done what I did here,\u201d he said. 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