After spending the 2024/25 season on a two-way contract with the 76ers, free agent guard Jeff Dowtin is drawing curiosity from a handful of groups in Europe, Dario Skerletic of Sportando writes, citing a report from Tomer Givati of Israel Hayom.
Based on Givati, Dowtin is engaged in talks with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Partizan Belgrade, and Fenerbahce, with Maccabi believed to be the favourite to signal him at this level.
Dowtin, 28, has 4 years of NBA expertise, having appeared in video games for 5 separate groups since getting into the league in 2021. The 2024/25 season was his finest, as he posted averaged of seven.0 factors, 1.9 assists, and 1.5 rebounds in 15.1 minutes per recreation throughout 41 outings, with a strong capturing line of .487/.400/.733.
Dowtin is now not eligible for a two-way deal, so there might not be a transparent path to an NBA roster spot this fall, making a transfer abroad a extra interesting possibility.
Listed here are a number of extra notes from across the worldwide basketball world:
- Former Lakers two-way participant Armel Traore has signed a two-year contract with ASVEL, the French membership introduced immediately (through Twitter). The 6’9″ ahead caught on with the Lakers after going undrafted in 2024 and appeared in eight video games for the NBA membership final season earlier than being waived in February.
- Veteran ahead Stanley Johnson, the eighth general decide within the 2015 draft, will proceed his profession in Japan, having signed with Nagasaki Velca for the 2025/26 season, based on an announcement from the membership (hat tip to Sportando). Johnson, 29, appeared in 449 common season video games for 5 NBA groups from 2015-23, however has spent the previous two seasons within the G League and with Anadolu Efes in Turkey.
- A handful of EuroLeague groups are maintaining a tally of Bulls heart Nikola Vucevic, per a report from SportKlub, relayed by Sportando. Jake Fischer just lately speculated in a Bleacher Report stream {that a} mid-season buyout could also be a extra possible consequence for Vucevic than a commerce. Nonetheless, the 34-year-old stays extraordinarily productive – he averaged 18.5 factors, 10.1 rebounds, and three.5 assists per recreation with a .530/.402/.805 capturing line final season – and there was completely no indication a buyout will materialize anytime quickly. Even within the occasion of a buyout, Vucevic would presumably don’t have any scarcity of NBA presents.
