{"id":510545,"date":"2026-08-18T12:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=510545"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T11:54:01","slug":"galatasaray-targeting-markus-howard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/galatasaray-targeting-markus-howard\/","title":{"rendered":"Galatasaray targeting Markus Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1759\"><strong data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1627\">Galatasaray<\/strong> are preparing a major addition to their backcourt ahead of the 2026-27 season, with <strong data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1729\">Markus Howard<\/strong> emerging as their top target.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1761\" data-end=\"1920\">According to Turkish reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eskiacikonline\/status\/2089425703670329716?s=46&amp;t=Q1iA6kXLKesLjej1XKHcgQ\">Can Bedel,<\/a> the Istanbul club has been in <strong data-start=\"1827\" data-end=\"1876\">intensive negotiations for around three weeks<\/strong> with Baskonia and Howard&#8217;s representatives.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcLc7ZRI6FM\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Un post condiviso da Sportando (@sportando)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"2179\">A final decision from the player is expected in the coming days. Should the former <strong data-start=\"2005\" data-end=\"2023\">Denver Nuggets<\/strong> guard decide to leave the EuroLeague, Galatasaray would immediately open official negotiations with Baskonia regarding the <strong data-start=\"2147\" data-end=\"2178\">buyout and transfer details<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2181\" data-end=\"2332\">Howard still has <strong data-start=\"2198\" data-end=\"2237\">two years remaining on his contract<\/strong> with the Spanish club, having signed an extension after joining Baskonia from the NBA in 2022.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"q26w78\" data-start=\"2334\" data-end=\"2379\"><span role=\"text\"><strong data-start=\"2337\" data-end=\"2379\">10.4 POINTS PER GAME IN THE EUROLEAGUE<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2381\" data-end=\"2461\">Last season, Howard appeared in <strong data-start=\"2413\" data-end=\"2436\">23 EuroLeague games<\/strong> for Baskonia, averaging:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2463\" data-end=\"2517\">\n<li data-section-id=\"gbwg30\" data-start=\"2463\" data-end=\"2480\"><strong data-start=\"2465\" data-end=\"2480\">10.4 points<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"2rq0ih\" data-start=\"2481\" data-end=\"2498\"><strong data-start=\"2483\" data-end=\"2498\">2.1 assists<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1prjomv\" data-start=\"2499\" data-end=\"2517\"><strong data-start=\"2501\" data-end=\"2517\">1.6 rebounds<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2519\" data-end=\"2556\">in just over <strong data-start=\"2532\" data-end=\"2555\">20 minutes per game<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2558\" data-end=\"2722\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">A potential move to Galatasaray would give the Istanbul club another major offensive weapon as they look to <strong data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"2721\">challenge for the Basketball Champions League title<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Turkish powerhouse is in talks with Baskonia and the American guard&#8217;s representatives over a potential move to Istanbul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":510544,"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":[315,195],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-510545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bsl","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\/08\/DE9_5371.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510545","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\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510545"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=510545"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=510545"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=510545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}