Cory Higgins reportedly facing uncertain future at Barcelona / News - Basketnews.com

Cory Higgins might soon follow in other players' footsteps and walk through Barcelona's exit door.

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FC Barcelona and shooting guard Cory Higgins might soon part ways, Sport reports. The American shooting guard underwent surgery last May to solve a recurring low back pain, and hence missed the final part of the 2022-23 season, including the EuroLeague Final Four and the ACB finals.

His last appearance was in the April 16 Clasico vs. Read Madrid for the ACB League, where he spent just 5 minutes on the court.

According to the Spanish outlet, that might have been the last we've seen of Higgins with Barca. At 34, and after recent seasons marked by injuries and physical problems, the continuity of the American shooting guard is far from guaranteed, despite the fact that the player still has one more year on his contract.

Club sources told Sport that the entity is trying to terminate the contract, according to which Higgins is entitled to 2 million euros net next season.

Higgins landed in Barcelona in the summer of 2019, just as Nikola Mirotic, Alex Abrines and Brandon Davies. In his first two years, the former CSKA Moscow player was one of the team leaders, being named the MVP in both the Copa del Rey and the ACB league in 2021,

But over the last two years, the player has experienced a real ordeal with injuries. First a plantar fasciitis in his left foot, and then a low back pain in the second part of last season which left him sidelined.

In 32 regular season EuroLeague games, Higgins averaged 8.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists.

FC Barcelona

Position Player Status PG Rokas Jokubaitis Signed until 2024 +1 PG/SG Nicolas Laprovittola Signed until 2026 PG/SG Tomas Satoransky Signed until 2026 SG Cory Higgins Signed until 2024 SG/SF Dario Brizuela(story) Signed until 2026 SF Nikola Kalinic Signed until 2024 SG/SF Oriol Pauli Signed until 2024 SF Alex Abrines Signed until 2026 PF Joel Parra(story) Signed until 2027 PF Nikola Mirotic Signeduntil 2025 PF Sergi Martinez Signeduntil 2024 PF/C Oscar da Silva Signed until 2025 C Willy Hernangomez(story) Signed until 2026 C Jan Vesely Signed until 2025 C James Nnaji Long-term contract Coach Roger Grimau(signed until 2025) Expired contract Kyle Kuric, Sarunas Jasikevicius (will not return), Mike Tobey Rumored to leave Nikola Mirotic (story), Cory Higgins (story), Nikola Kalinic, Sertac Sanli (will not return), Mike Tobey Interested Juancho Hernangomez (story)

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