Black and white allegedly “targeted” the organizer of the game for the next season.
American playmaker Chris Jones, the organizer of the Valencia game, is a target of Partizan for the next season, Israeli journalist Arel Ginsber announced. Jones has an “exit clause” in his contract and is wanted by several Euroleague teams. “I can say that Partizan has shown a strong interest in him,” announced a journalist from Tel Aviv.
Chris Jones (31) has been playing in Valencia since 2022, and his life path is really interesting, because after college, he turned professional in Mongolia at the end of 2015. He then played in Switzerland, then in Belgium, and then in the 2019/20 season he moved to Bursaspor, where he earned a ticket to the Euroleague. He played for Maccabi in the 2020721 season, then spent a year in ASVEL, and has been playing in Valencia for two seasons.
In addition to the American, he also has an Armenian passport. Jones is averaging 12.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists this season.
Partizan president Ostoja Mijailović admitted in a recent interview that the black and whites have been “picking” reinforcements for the next season for months, but that before making concrete moves, they must first know which competition they will play. At this moment, it seems certain that the ABA league champion will receive an invitation to the Euroleague this season, and there are rumors that Partizan and Crvena zvezda are sure participants in the next season as well.
