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The Sixers Are Reportedly Offering a Contract to Real Madrid Star Rudy Fernandez
By Jim Adair
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Bryan Colangelo wants all of the foreign players: Mundo Deportivo is reporting that the Sixers are offering a $20 million, two-year contract to Rudy Fernandez:
According to @Basket_MD the @Sixers are offering $ 20 m. to Rudy Fernandez https://t.co/xAm2jDJ1W1 pic.twitter.com/KbEpbl2erF
— Eurohoops (@Eurohoopsnet) July 5, 2016
The 31-year-old Fernandez played for the Portland Trailblazers from 2008-2011, the Denver Nuggets from 2011 to 2012, and with Real Madrid since. He’s a 6’6″ shooting guard who has been All-Euroleague first-team twice in the past few years, won Gold Medals in FIBA cup, and Silvers at the Olympics. He’s a career 37.1% 3pt shooter in Europe, where he also averaged 18.3 points and 3.8 assist per 36 minutes. The Sixers also signed Sergio Rodriguez to a one-year deal, who was Fernandez’s teammate in Portland and Madrid.
UPDATE: Might be some crossed wires or lost in translation stuff going on, because Jessica Camerato says a league source told her no such offer was made.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.