{"id":377127,"date":"2025-12-29T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/377127\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T01:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T01:00:10","slug":"saben-lee-finalizing-his-move-from-olympiacos-to-anadolu-efes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/377127\/","title":{"rendered":"Saben Lee finalizing his move from Olympiacos to Anadolu Efes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    2025-12-28T23:00:47+00:00<br \/>\n    2025-12-28T23:00:47+00:00<br \/>\n    2025-12-28T23:00:47+00:00.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"author__avatar hide\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/author\/admin\/?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/35bc90c1a104ce0947b8f222080cd798.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-46 photo\" height=\"46\" width=\"46\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author__name visually-hidden\" itemprop=\"name\">Aris Barkas<\/p>\n<p>      28\/Dec\/25 23:00<\/p>\n<p>      Eurohoops.net<\/p>\n<p>          <a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n              <img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-header.png\"\/><br \/>\n          <\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/author\/?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        Aris Barkas      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eb494eba-saben-lee-maccabi-olympiacos.jpg\" class=\"featured-image wp-stateless-item\" alt=\"\"   data-image-size=\"largepost\" data-stateless-media-bucket=\"images.eurohoops.net\" data-stateless-media-name=\"2025\/12\/eb494eba-saben-lee-maccabi-olympiacos.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Anadolu Efes is getting the US guard from Olympiacos <\/p>\n<p>By Stavros Barbarousis \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/euroleague\/1912726\/saben-lee-finalizing-his-move-from-olympiacos-to-anadolu-efes\/mailto:info@eurohops.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saben Lee is returning to Turkey, leaving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/olympiacos\/?lang=en\" title=\"Olympiacos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympiacos<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/anadolu-efes\/?lang=en\" title=\"Anadolu Efes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anadolu Efes<\/a>, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish team is expected to cover the remainder of the contract for the 26-year-old guard until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/anadolu-efes\/?lang=en\" title=\"Efes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Efes<\/a> was already in contact with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/olympiacos\/?lang=en\" title=\"Olympiacos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympiacos<\/a> about getting Lee; however, talks stalled because of the decision for the coaching change from Igor Kokoskov to Pablo Laso, who also gave his blessing for the move to be completed.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was never able to adapt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/basket\/olympiacos\/?lang=en\" title=\"Olympiacos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"auto-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympiacos<\/a>\u2018 demands as a point guard, and after the acquisition of Monte Morris, his role in the rotation is totally complementary, making the move a win-win situation for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Lee averaged 3.4 points and 1.4 assists in 11 EuroLeague games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025-12-28T23:00:47+00:00 2025-12-28T23:00:47+00:00 2025-12-28T23:00:47+00:00. 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