{"id":535698,"date":"2026-09-29T17:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=535698"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:20:02","slug":"a-new-center-for-italbasket-dorin-buca-becomes-an-italian-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/a-new-center-for-italbasket-dorin-buca-becomes-an-italian-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"A new center for Italbasket: Dorin Buca becomes an Italian citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorin Buca is officially an Italian citizen. The player took his oath at the Municipality of Narni this morning, completing the process to obtain Italian citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The milestone goes beyond a formal recognition and reflects the bond Buca has built with Italy, both on and off the basketball court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buca spent the 2024-25 season with Libertas Livorno in Serie A2, averaging 5.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game. Next season, he will play for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the NCAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news was shared by the agency representing the player, which highlighted the significance of the moment for Buca and the bond he has built with Italy throughout his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The player took his oath at the Municipality of Narni this morning, completing the process to obtain Italian citizenship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":535696,"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":[131,93],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[20],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-535698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italbasket","category-ncaa","typology-ufficiale"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/SnapInsta.to_829154982_18443663596131617_5759986100636857614_n-e1790694862419.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535698","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=535698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535699,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535698\/revisions\/535699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535698"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=535698"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=535698"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=535698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}