After leaving Pinheiros, Raulzinho signs a contract with the Barcelona basketball team

After a short period of return to Brazilian basketball, 32-year-old athlete Raulzinho signed a contract with the Barcelona team, completing yet another move to Europe in his professional career. The news came to the public this Thursday (21), being reported by journalist Diego Marcondes and confirmed by the GE team.

The announcement of the hiring and agreement between the parties should take place officially in the coming days.

Details

The player had recently arrived in Brazil to play for the Pinheiros team, with the idea of ​​starting a recovery in his physical form, even as he ended up going through a sequence of injuries. Before that, he had spent eight seasons in the NBA, which, in fact, pays a very high amount to its athletes and has the Lakers shining with your campaign.

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_{Lance de Raulzinho playing for the Brazilian basketball team against Argentina (Photo: reproduction/MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images Embed)}

Raulzinho's statistics at Pinheiros

In five games played for Pinheiros, Raulzinho had two wins and three defeats during that time. He averaged 16.8 points, 5.0 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 20.4 minutes on the court.

Career Details

Raulzinho was revealed by Minas and left Brazilian basketball in 2011, when he went to play for Gipuzkoa and UCAM Murcia before going to the NBA, playing for clubs such as the Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers, in addition to Fenerbahce from Turkey, which is part of his visit to Europe in previous periods.

Barcelona basketball team The Spanish basketball team is currently competing in the Liga ACB and the Euroleague, accumulating two titles in this competition and appears in fifth place in the table at the moment, registering seven wins and three defeats in ten games.

The Catalan team will be on the courts this Friday (22), at 4:30 pm (Brasília time) to face Bayern Munich in the 11th week of the tournament.

Featured Photo: Raulzinho (Reproduction/ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/Getty Images Embed)