{"id":503205,"date":"2026-06-29T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=503205"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:16:01","slug":"real-madrid-could-move-on-from-scariolo-itoudis-emerges-as-top-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/real-madrid-could-move-on-from-scariolo-itoudis-emerges-as-top-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid could move on from Scariolo, Itoudis emerges as top target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sergio Scariolo\u2019s<\/strong> future on the <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong> bench may no longer be guaranteed. According to <strong>Mundo Deportivo<\/strong>, the return of <strong>Juan Carlos S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> as the strong man of the basketball section has not fully removed doubts about the Italian coach\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>A trophyless season and conversations with players have reportedly led Real Madrid to seriously consider a coaching change, despite Scariolo still having two years left on his contract and the significant compensation that would come with a dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>According to Encestando, <strong>Paco Redondo<\/strong>, former assistant to Pablo Laso and Chus Mateo, is one possible replacement. However, Mundo Deportivo reports that <strong>Dimitris Itoudis<\/strong> is the preferred option, with early contacts already taking place. The Greek coach is currently with <strong>Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid are also active on the player market. Marca mentions French forward <strong>Timoth\u00e9 Luwawu-Cabarrot<\/strong>, from Baskonia, and American guard with Slovak passport <strong>David DeJulius<\/strong>, from UCAM Murcia, as targets for the Spanish powerhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Mundo Deportivo, Dimitris Itoudis is the preferred option if Real Madrid decide to replace Sergio Scariolo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":348229,"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":[305,199,255],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-503205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague","category-israel","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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