By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Raul Neto is back in the ACB for the 2025-26 season, signing a one-year contract with San Pablo Burgos.
His new side announced his addition on Thursday.
Following 132 appearances in the ACB from 2011 to 2015, the native of Sao Paulo made his way to 464 NBA games, spread between the Utah Jazz, Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Philadelphia 76ers, from 2015 to 2023. Before the 2023-24 season, he signed a one-year contract with Fenerbahce Beko but never played for the Istanbul-based club due to a serious knee injury suffered during the FIBA World Cup 2023 with Brazil. Early in the 2024-25 season, following a spell in his home country with Pinheiros, he joined FC Barcelona but was limited to two appearances in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague due to an adductor injury and was later released from his contract.
After being relegated at the end of the 2021-22 season, Burgos earned a promotion to the Liga Endesa by topping the 2024-25 installment of the Primera FEB. With the 33-year-old Brazilian point guard projected at the point, the team based in Burgos added to exciting preparations for the 2025-26 campaign in the top-flight division of Spain. Before being forced to compete in the second tier for the last three years, a successful run with multiple solid season showings in the ACB was combined with back-to-back Basketball Champions League titles in 2020 and 2021, and winning the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in 2021 as well.
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