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Mike James opened up to Eurohoops Turkiye<\/a> about his summer move to Anadolu Efes after his proposed transfer to Barcelona fell through. \u201cI was basically a Barcelona player, to be honest,\u201d James said, explaining that he returned to the open market once the deal collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guard also revealed that Efes\u2019 decision took time while the club was still assessing Shane Larkin\u2019s situation. Regarding Monaco\u2019s financial problems, James admitted he is not following the developments closely, preferring to focus on his new team. James also reflected on representing Team USA at 35, calling the experience \u201csuper fun\u201d and something he was very thankful to experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Anadolu Efes guard discussed the summer negotiations and explained how the collapse of his proposed Barcelona move led him to the Turkish club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":513780,"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":[315,199],"tags":[1310],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-516565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bsl","category-euroleague","tag-mike-james-en"],"yoast_head":"\nMike James reveals Barcelona deal fell through before Efes move - 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