{"id":496158,"date":"2026-05-09T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=496158"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:03:48","slug":"paok-thessaloniki-near-the-deal-with-marcus-foster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/paok-thessaloniki-near-the-deal-with-marcus-foster\/","title":{"rendered":"PAOK Thessaloniki, near the deal with Marcus Foster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">PAOK Thessaloniki is making significant moves on the market and, according to reports from <i data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"91\">BasketNews<\/i>, is close to finalizing a deal for <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"137\">Marcus Foster<\/b>. The American guard is set to sign a <b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"188\">two-year contract<\/b>, becoming a key piece in coach Andrea Trinchieri\u2019s tactical plans.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Foster\u2019s arrival is not an isolated signing but part of the Greek club&#8217;s ambitious project. PAOK aims to climb the continental ranks with the stated goal of entering the <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"170\">EuroLeague<\/b> in the coming years. To achieve this, the management has selected a player with proven experience and offensive talent.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The 30-year-old Foster returns to the &#8220;Old Continent&#8221; after a season in Japan with <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"83\">Alvark Tokyo<\/b>, where he averaged <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"115\">15.8 points, 3 rebounds, and 3.2 assists<\/b> per game.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">However, it is his most recent European experience that has the Thessaloniki fans dreaming: Foster was one of the main protagonists in <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"135\">Hapoel Tel Aviv\u2019s<\/b> successful run to the <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"175\">2024-25 EuroCup title<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAOK Thessaloniki is making significant moves on the market and, according to reports from BasketNews, is close to finalizing a deal for Marcus Foster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":447062,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[21],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-496158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grecia","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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