After the whole story about the four US born players of the Efes Pilsen Istanbul team who did not want to join Belgrade for security reason, the club officials have now made a decision.
According to different forums, the GM of Efes Pilsen Engin Özerhun said:
The four US players apologized before the management board and the team. But we accept only Andre Hutson’s apologies. The other players get rejected. First, Drew Nicholas contract will be canceled, after that, Rashad Wright and Loren Woods will be next.
So what is this move about? Efes Pilsen has started the season as a potential Final Four candidate. However, David Blatt did not manage to form a top class team so far. By releasing the three players, it looks like the management abandons the dream of joining Madrid in May.
But the team looks pretty limited without any new signings as they played nearly the whole game with their starters in Belgrade. Andre Hutson will be there, but will that be enough in a actually very competitive Turkish league. There are some players on the market like for example the recently released Tre Kelley who played in Cibona.
We will see what will go on in Istanbul but for Loren, Rashad and Drew, there will be anymore Efes Pilsener but Mountain Dew again. And for the fans, the Efes show will change its cast dramatically.
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