Level guard Juan Nunez, the No. total 36 choose in final month’s draft, has signed a three-year contract with Barcelona, the Spanish group introduced right now in a press launch.
Nunez was technically drafted by the Pacers on June 27, however his rights had been traded, together with money, to the Spurs for No. 35 choose Johnny Furphy. San Antonio will proceed to carry Nunez’s NBA rights whereas he performs in Barcelona.
Whereas the precise phrases of Nunez’s new contract in Spain aren’t identified, earlier reporting indicated the take care of Barcelona would give him the power to choose out and signal an NBA contract in the course of the 2025 offseason, assuming he’s within the Spurs’ plans at that time.
Nunez, who represented Spain within the 2023 World Cup, spent the previous two seasons with Ratiopharm Ulm, profitable a German League title with the group in 2023. In 14 EuroCup video games in 2023-24, he averaged a formidable 10.4 factors, 5.8 assists, and three.8 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per night time, with a taking pictures line of .505/.361/.537.
As our checklist of draft choose signings exhibits, Nunez is the second 2024 choose to develop into a draft-and-stash participant, becoming a member of Mavericks second-rounder Melvin Ajinca.
