LGabriel Deck’s NBA adventure may have come to an end. According to ESPN journalist Adrian Wojnarowski, the Thunder are going to cut the Argentine forward, who left Real Madrid in the final stretch of last season to play the last 10 regular league games with the Oklahoma franchise. However, this course, he has rarely left the bench and has participated in only seven meetings with averages of 8.0 minutes, 2.6 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.7 assists.
When Deck is cut by the Thunder, the rest of the NBA franchises will have 48 hours to claim him. If that does not happen, the Argentine forward of 26 years and 1.98 meters will be free and will be able to return to Europe. Last summer there was already interest from several Euroleague clubs, including Barcelona.
Gaby’s departure is due to the Thunder’s need to make room in their roster for the hiring of Miye Oni, from the Jazz along with a second round of the 2028 draft. The player’s $ 3.6 million contract Argentine was partially guaranteed this season after not being cut on September 1. The Oklahomans had until next Monday, January 10, to guarantee the entire contract, but they have not given an option for that to happen. He still had $ 6.8 million left until 2024.
For now, Deck’s departure from Real Madrid has been very positive in economic terms, but lousy in sports. When he left the white team he was one of the best forwards in Europe, but in the NBA he has only been able to play 17 games with a total of 268 minutes, less than seven complete games. However, it has pocketed 5.5 million dollars: 3.8 from the previous year and 1.7 from the current one.
In case the Argentine wanted to return to the Endesa League, it would not be easy for him to do so in Madrid, since his departure was convulsed. If he wanted to sign for another team in the Spanish competition, he would have to negotiate with the whites, who included him in the right of first refusal, although there were certain doubts when it was considered that they paid their termination clause in full and once in order to obtain their freedom. .