{"id":507591,"date":"2026-07-27T22:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=507591"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:53:17","slug":"willy-hernangomez-agrees-to-join-unicaja-malaga-on-a-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/willy-hernangomez-agrees-to-join-unicaja-malaga-on-a-one-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Willy Hernangomez agrees to join Unicaja Malaga on a one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\">\n<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:33f3d5d4-2cd8-4f06-aa9f-3d1270e4bd95-15\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:33f3d5d4-2cd8-4f06-aa9f-3d1270e4bd95-15\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:33f3d5d4-2cd8-4f06-aa9f-3d1270e4bd95-15\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-32\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\">\n<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=\"c4989a95-bd61-4c7c-bd80-e93bc38f94c1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-mini\" 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=\"1077\" data-end=\"1738\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1098\">Willy Hernangomez<\/strong> has reportedly reached an agreement with <strong data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1158\">Unicaja Malaga<\/strong> on a one-year contract. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariosur.es\/unicaja\/unicaja-ficha-willy-hernangomez-20260727220450-nt.html\"><em data-start=\"1196\" data-end=\"1208\">Diario Sur<\/em><\/a>, the Spanish center will continue his career in his home country after <strong data-start=\"1280\" data-end=\"1293\">Barcelona<\/strong> decided not to extend his contract during its rebuilding process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1738\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Hernangomez accepted Unicaja&#8217;s offer after turning down two other proposals, including one from <strong data-start=\"1456\" data-end=\"1464\">PAOK<\/strong>. The 32-year-old big man will replace <strong data-start=\"1503\" data-end=\"1529\">Aleksander Balcerowski<\/strong>, who recently joined Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1738\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The approval of coach <strong data-start=\"1584\" data-end=\"1602\">Txus Vidorreta<\/strong> was also crucial, as the two previously worked together with the Spanish national team at <strong data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1712\">EuroBasket 2015<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"1721\" data-end=\"1737\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Rio Olympics<\/strong>.<\/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\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1\" data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none -mt-px h-px translate-y-(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom)\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish center leaves Barcelona and EuroLeague behind to continue his career in the Basketball Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":492675,"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":[305,195],"tags":[],"rumors":[134],"typology":[21],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-507591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-basketball-champions-league","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Willy-Hernangomez-futuro.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507591","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=507591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507591"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=507591"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=507591"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=507591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}