{"id":508051,"date":"2026-07-31T11:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=508051"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:38:20","slug":"barcelona-shut-down-kevin-punter-rumors-view-him-as-key-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/barcelona-shut-down-kevin-punter-rumors-view-him-as-key-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona shut down Kevin Punter rumors, view him as key piece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are standing firm on Kevin Punter\u2019s future. According to Mundo Deportivo, the Catalan club are not aware of the American guard wanting to trigger the exit clause included in his contract, which runs through 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The issue comes during a far from normal summer for Bar\u00e7a, already marked by the exit of Moses Wright, who paid a \u20ac900,000 clause before even being officially presented and later joined Olimpia Milano, and Toko Shengelia\u2019s intention to leave for Xavi Pascual\u2019s Dubai Basketball. In this context, Barcelona moved to deny any possible Punter case.<\/p>\n<p>Punter, who joined Barcelona in the summer of 2024 and later extended his deal through 2028, is considered a fundamental piece in Aleksander Sekulic\u2019s project. After the departures of several major names, the former Partizan guard is likely among the highest-paid players on the roster and, barring changes, will remain one of the four holdovers from last season alongside Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Dar\u00edo Brizuela and Joel Parra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Mundo Deportivo, Bar\u00e7a are not aware of the guard wanting to use his exit clause<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":482656,"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":[34,82],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-508051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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