The Czech pvot, 32 years old and 2.13 tall, signs for three seasons and replaces Brandon Davies
Bara announced the signing of Czech pvot Jan Vesely, 32 years old and 2.13 meters tall, who signed a contract for three seasons, until June 30, 2025, with the Barça entity. The player arrives free from the Turkish Fenerbahce, a club in which he had played for the last eight seasons, to replace the departure of the American Brandon Davies at the AX Armani Exchange Milan in Italy.
This season, Vesely was the fourth most valued player in the EuroLeague (18.2), averaging 13.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, and led Fenerbahce to victory over Anadolu Efes in the Turkish league. , being chosen as the MVP of the final (16.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 23 appraisal credits).
When the injuries have respected him, the pvot has been one of the most decisive players in the Euroleague in the last five years: champion in 2017, MVP in 2019 and three times chosen in the best ideal quintet of the competition (2017, 2018 and 2019). ). In addition, the Czech interior has won the Turkish league four times (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022) and the domestic cup three times (2016, 2019 and 2020) with Fenerbahce.
Vesely is Bara’s first signing for next season, after the club confirmed the departures of center Brandon Davies, the power forward Rolands Smits and the eaves Nigel Hayes-Davis.
This announcement comes one day after the section general manager, Juan Carlos Navarropromised “exciting additions” to “form a team that is ready to win it all” next season.
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