{"id":503502,"date":"2026-06-30T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=503502"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:41:04","slug":"dubai-basketball-extends-dwayne-bacon-through-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/dubai-basketball-extends-dwayne-bacon-through-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Basketball extends Dwayne Bacon through 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\">\n<div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 fusion-text-no-margin\">\n<p><span lang=\"ES\">Dubai Basketball has secured the future of one of its key players, with Dwayne Bacon signing a contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2028. The American forward played a major role during the 2025\/26 season, establishing himself as one of the team\u2019s primary offensive weapons and a consistent performer throughout the campaign. He averaged 15.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and a PIR of 12.9 in the EuroLeague.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"ES\">Bacon delivered several standout performances during the season, including a EuroLeague career-high 36 points against Hapoel Tel Aviv, the highest-scoring game by a Dubai Basketball player in the competition. He also recorded 10 EuroLeague games with 20 or more points, underlining his impact and scoring ability at the highest level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"ES\">His contributions extended beyond the EuroLeague, as he was selected to the 2025\/26 ABA League Ideal Starting Five after averaging 13.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. A key figure in Dubai Basketball\u2019s historic ABA League championship-winning season, Bacon\u2019s extension ensures the club retains one of its most important players as it continues building for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\">\n<div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\">\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 fusion-text-no-margin\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American forward signs a new deal after emerging as one of the club&#8217;s key players during the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":503501,"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":[191,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[185],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-503502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aba-liga","category-euroleague","typology-official"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/HMELjZ-XUAALPc2.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503502","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=503502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503502"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=503502"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=503502"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=503502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}