Partizan closing on Robert Franks as Belgrade club keeps adding frontcourt depth
Partizan Mozzart Bet are moving toward a deal with American power forward Robert Franks, who would arrive after three years playing in China and Japan.
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O Partizan Mozzart Bet está avançando para um acordo com Robert Franks, com relatos na Sérvia nesta quinta-feira indicando que o ala-pivô americano está perto de se juntar ao clube.
A movimentação viria depois da chegada de Antonio Reeves, na quarta-feira, parte do esforço para dar profundidade ao garrafão no decorrer da temporada 2026-27.
Franks chegaria após três anos atuando na China e no Japão. O currículo dele vem de mais longe: saiu de Washington State sem ser draftado em 2019, depois se firmou na G League e ganhou um título com o Lakeland Magic em 2021. Aquela passagem rendeu uma convocação à NBA e sete jogos pelo Orlando na temporada regular de 2020-21. A Austrália também passou pelo roteiro dele, além de uma temporada em 2023 em Israel, no Hapoel Gilboa Galil.
Ele entraria em uma rotação com profundidade considerável sob o comando do técnico Joan Penarroya, que já conta com Kyle Allman Jr., Arijan Lakic, Kevarrius Hayes, Tonye Jekiri, Uros Danilovic, Vanja Marinkovic, Joffrey Lauvergne, Mario Nakic, Bandja Sy, Alessandro Pajola, Ethan Thompson, Lamar Stevens, Nikola Tanaskovic, Derek Willis, Luca Vildoza e Carlik Jones, agora com Reeves também a bordo.
O calendário ajuda a explicar o interesse. Um programa apertado com duas competições exige elenco. Na AdmiralBet ABA League o clube lidera o Grupo B com 3-0; na EuroLeague, com 3-3, divide uma posição exatamente na fronteira do Play-In Showdown com outras três equipes.
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