{"id":502414,"date":"2026-06-24T14:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=502414"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:30:49","slug":"virtus-bologna-extends-daniel-hackett-through-the-2026-27-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/virtus-bologna-extends-daniel-hackett-through-the-2026-27-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtus Bologna Extends Daniel Hackett through the 2026\/27 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5ead5b14-6e83-49ab-9949-4e9785cf1533\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"438\">Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna S.p.A. announces that it has reached an agreement with Daniel Hackett on a contract extension for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"855\">Having joined the club in March 2022, Daniel Hackett is currently 13th on Virtus Bologna\u2019s all-time appearances list, with 329 games played. The 2026\/27 season will be his sixth wearing the Virtus jersey and will give him the opportunity to break into the club\u2019s all-time top 10 while continuing to add to a trophy collection that already includes: 1 EuroCup title, 1 Italian Championship, and 2 Italian Super Cups.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"963\">A leader both in the locker room and on the court, Daniel will continue to fully embody the Virtus spirit:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1281\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><em data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1281\" data-is-last-node=\"\">&#8220;For me and my family, Bologna and Virtus mean a great deal, and I am happy and proud to continue my journey here, in a place that has always welcomed me with open arms. I will continue to give everything for this jersey and to support all my teammates, helping Virtus reach new milestones together with our fans.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"inline-flex border border-gray-100 dark:border-gray-700 rounded-xl\">\n<div class=\"bg-token-main-surface-tertiary w-px flex-1 self-stretch\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The veteran guard, a key leader on and off the court, will enter his sixth season in black and white after agreeing to a contract extension with Virtus Bologna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":502412,"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":[199,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[185,15727],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-502414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a","typology-official","typology-press-release-en"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/Daniel-Hackett-16-9-1024x576-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502414","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=502414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502414"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=502414"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=502414"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=502414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}