Nigel Williams-Goss may be the next to leave after his irregular season, although he has a valid contract
The renewals of Sergio Llull and Rudy Fernández are taken for granted in advance
The operation from Real Madrid is taking shape after Jeff Taylor, Trey Thompkins and Thomas Heurtel have abandoned the team’s discipline to make room for new signings.
What is not clear is whether it has already finished or can be extended with Nigel Williams-Goss, who has one more season on his contract.
The renewals of Sergio Llull and Rudy Fernández are taken for granted in advance and all the basketball gossips consider Sergio Rodríguez, Dzanan Musa and Mario Hezonja signed.
But there are more open fronts at Real Madrid because neither Carlos Alocén nor, above all, Anthony Randolph will start the season. The American power forward with a Slovenian passport could be, in the best of cases, for the month of March.
Also, Fabien Causeur is not yet confirmed. The French forward wants to continue, but Madrid’s renewal offer has been low and apparently it has been rejected by the player who has several offers, including Monaco’s.
At the moment Pablo Laso’s team, of whom there is no news after the heart attack he suffered in the semi-final of the playoff against Baskonia, beyond his presence at the Palace in the last two games against Barça, has changed cards.
Heurtel is leaving, who has not performed as expected and to whom his Athenian night out, before a game, pointed out. The player apologized live to the team and the fans, after the club’s farewell note. Sergio ‘Chacho’ Rodríguez arrives, who needs no introduction.
Thompkins leaves, injured for most of the season but with the strength to go out at night with Heurtel and Guerschon Yabusele. Mario Hezonja arrives, a 3-4 with less travel in the paint and more on the perimeter.
Taylor leaves, a defensive specialist and the second foreigner with the most games in the section after seven years in their ranks, and Musa arrives after his great season at Breogán. Musa will never defend like Taylor but offensively he is much better and can help create the game if he adapts to playing in a big team, which remains to be seen.
Madrid could also be looking at hiring a 4 with a shot, a player with the characteristics of Randolph. And there the name of Petr Cornelie, a 2.11 meter French player who will turn 27 in July, appears underlined.
Cornelie is without a team after passing through the Denver Nuggets and Grand Rapids Gold in the G-League, he is from the community and meets all the requirements, but apparently Madrid is not the only one who has set his sights on him.