By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net
As his agent Misko Raznatovic confirmed, Oliver Lafayette returns to Spain but as a player of Unicaja Malaga. After winning the Greek league title with Olympiacos and the Italian league title with Milano, Lafayette is a key addition for Unicaja, which will try to get back to Euroleague by winning the Eurocup.
This move completes a “trade” as Valencia will not use the right of “tanteo” – the Spanish version of the restricted free agency – and Lafayette will wear the jersey of Unicaja. The same thing happened with Unicaja not using its own “tanteo” right with Will Thomas, who was announced as the new member of Valencia.
The wo teams will face each other in the Spanish Liga Endesa and also probably in Eurocup.