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FC Barcelona officially replace Rolands Smits with Oscar da Silva / News - Basketnews.com

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A EuroLeague standout with ALBA Berlin has officially found his new home.

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FC Barcelona40%9,0EuroLeaguePoints made:9,0Accuracy:40,1%Place in standings:6Record max:16Record min:3Most made 3FGs:Nikola MiroticTeamEuroLeagueStatisticsSchedule

FC Barcelona have announced the addition of Oscar da Silva to the team on a three-year deal. He is set to replace Rolands Smits who departed from Barcelona to Zalgiris Kaunas.

As previously reported by Donatas Urbonas from BasketNews, Barca were is talks with the player at least since May.

In his rookie season, Da Silva averaged 8.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 9.7 PIR in 33 EuroLeague games. Barca's new forward had his season-high of 22 points and 26 PIR in a win against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul.

In his first 9 EuroLeague games, the German scored 14.3 points and had 3.6 rebounds on average.

Described as a physically strong player with good basketball IQ, da Silva will join the additions of Jan Vesely and Tomas Satoransky in Barcelona.

FC Barcelona

Position Player Status PG Nick Calathes Signed until 2023 PG Rokas Jokubaitis Signed until 2023 +2 PG/SG Nicolas Laprovittola Signed until 2023 PG/SG Tomas Satoransky (story) Signed until 2026 SG Cory Higgins Signed until 2024 SG Kyle Kuric Signeduntil 2023 SF Alex Abrines Signed until 2026 PF Nikola Mirotic Signeduntil 2025 PF Sergi Martinez Signeduntil 2024 PF/C Oscar da Silva Signed until 2025 C Jan Vesely (story) Signed until 2025 C Sertac Sanli Signed until 2023 C Pierre Oriola Signeduntil 2024 C James Nnaji Long-term contract Coach Sarunas Jasikevicius Expired contract Dante Exum (will not return), Nigel Hayes-Davis (will not return), Rolands Smits (will not return), Brandon Davies (will not return) Rumored to leave Nick Calathes (story), Cory Higgins Interested Nikola Kalinic (story) Subscribe to BN+ and get access to exclusive content.
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