Sarunas Jasikevicius: 'When Pau gets tired of golf, he'll call us' / News - Basketnews.com

Credit: ZUMAPRESS.com Credit ZUMAPRESS.com

FC Barcelona are preparing for the upcoming season but Pau Gasol's future with the club remains unclear. The Barca bench boss, Sarunas Jasikevicius, spoke to the local media outlet Marca and assured that for now, they have no news regarding the Spanish legend.

Pau Gasol

Position:PFAge:41Height:213 cmWeight:113 kgBirth place:Barcelona, SpainProfileNewsStatistics

"When he gets tired of golf, he will eventually call us. Now he's playing golf a lot and he has to get better," said Jasikevicius.

After a humorous touch, the Lithuanian coach provided a more serious update: "Seriously speaking, we have no news from Pau Gasol and, for now, we continue with what we have."

On Thursday Barcelona play their first friendly game against MoraBanc Andorra. The Spanish squad will not have the new point guard Nico Laprovittola and forward Alex Abrines on their roster, who arrived late after Tokyo Olympics.

"This is a pre-season game. We will do our best and perhaps the final result is secondary. We will give the opportunity to make their debut to some of the young people who are very excited as we are," said Sarunas Jasikevicus.

The EuroLeague runner-ups have four Barca B players: Michael Caicedo, Gael Bonilla, Ibou Badji, and Agustin Ubal.

Asked about the roster, Jasikevicius told that they are were to all possible scenarios: "Closed squad? We are always open to whatever may come up. We have a strong squad with many options in any position."

Current roster

FC Barcelona

Position Player Status PG Nick Calathes Signed until 2023 PG Leandro Bolmaro Signeduntil 2023 PG Rokas Jokubaitis (story) Signed until 2023 +2 PG/SG Nicolas Laprovittola (story) Signed until 2023 SG Cory Higgins (story) Signed until 2024 SG Kyle Kuric Signeduntil 2023 SF Alex Abrines (story) Signed until 2026 SF/PF Nigel Hayes (story) Signed until 2022 PF Nikola Mirotic Signeduntil 2025 PF Rolands Smits Signeduntil 2022 PF Sergi Martinez (story) Signeduntil 2024 C Sertac Sanli (story) Signed until 2023 C Brandon Davies Signeduntil 2022 C Pierre Oriola Signeduntil 2024 Coach Sarunas Jasikevicius Expired contract Pau Gasol, Artem Pustovyi (story) Rumored to leave Leandro Bolmaro (NBA), Victor Claver (not coming back), Leo Westermann (not coming back), Adam Hanga (not coming back) Interested

See all the EuroLeague transfer market newshere.

Thank you for reading us! Help us even more.