The Hernangómez brothers will not play together. After leaving the NBA, Willy will start a new stage at Barça and Juancho will land at Panathinaikos once his signing is confirmed this Thursday. The Greeks have convinced the power forward, 27 years old and 2.06 meters tall, who was also on the Blaugrana club's agenda.
Barça intended to make Juancho Hernangómez the replacement for Nikola Mirotic, already separated from the Catalan entity after the unilateral termination of his contract. Panathinaikos had also been interested in the Montenegrin, but the arrival of the Spanish international, who plays in the same position, could close the doors for him. The Balkan's agent, Igor Crespo, also represents Hernangómez, who had been without a team since February after being cut by the Toronto Raptors.
The Athens team signs Hernangómez for two years and becomes a strong candidate to win the Euroleague next season. The clover club has also recently incorporated, among others, renowned players such as Kostas Sloukas, Mathias Lessort, Lucas Vildoza or Kyle Guy, a former Joventut player.
The Spaniard made the leap to the NBA in 2016, where he has defended the jersey of the Denver Nuggets, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Boston Celtics, the San Antonio Spurs, the Utah Jazz and finally the Raptors. In his seven years in the North American League, he averaged 5 points and 3.3 rebounds in a total of 350 games.
During his time in the NBA he only had a certain weight in the rotation in the first three years with the Nuggets, especially the third year with an average of 19.4 minutes and 25 games as a starter. However, his weight in the Spanish team has not stopped growing since its debut in 2017. Hernangómez, who is called up for the World Cup that begins on August 25, participated in the group that was world champion in 2019 and was key in the conquest against the forecast of the Eurobasket last summer.
In the same way as his older brother, he started at CB Las Rozas and later joined the lower categories of Real Madrid, but Juancho changed the white for the blue of Estudiantes, with which he debuted in the ACB in the 2014-15 season. and he was chosen as the best young player the following course, just before crossing the pond. Now, he returns to Europe with stripes and aspiring to the maximum with Panathinaikos.
