{"id":507735,"date":"2026-07-28T22:34:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=507735"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:34:38","slug":"real-madrid-reportedly-blocking-mario-hezonjas-return-to-nba-cavaliers-still-negotiating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/real-madrid-reportedly-blocking-mario-hezonjas-return-to-nba-cavaliers-still-negotiating\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid Reportedly Blocking Mario Hezonja\u2019s Return to NBA, Cavaliers Still Negotiating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Hezonja\u2019s potential move to the NBA has hit a roadblock after the Croatian forward reached an agreement with the Cleveland Cavaliers a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Real Madrid has blocked the move, arguing that Hezonja did not exercise his NBA exit clause within the timeframe established in his contract.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish club also wants to retain his European rights, in order to prevent him from joining another EuroLeague team if a move to the NBA falls through. That scenario has reportedly been mentioned by Greek outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport24.gr\/basket\/trelo-senario-apo-tis-ipa-anaferei-pos-oi-kavaliers-ipegrapsan-kai-apodesmevoun-ton-xezonia\/\"><strong>Sport24<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the dispute, according to Marc Stein, the Cavaliers remain determined to bring Hezonja back to the NBA and are currently working with Real Madrid to find a solution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Cavs and other teams have been pursuing Hezonja this offseason in hopes of capitalizing on a July 20 NBA out in his Real Madrid pact.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish giants have reportedly pushed back on releasing the Croatian forward since he did not have his NBA team lined up until July 26. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G5Mj9aX2zT\">https:\/\/t.co\/G5Mj9aX2zT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/2082152178693583057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cavaliers remain determined to bring Hezonja back to the NBA and are currently working with Real Madrid to find a solution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":323379,"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":[305,199,399],"tags":[],"rumors":[407,175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-507735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague","category-nba","rumors-basket-rumors","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/ALE02665.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507735","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\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507735"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=507735"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=507735"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=507735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}