UNICS Kazan is finishing building their backcourt. According to BasketNews sources, Italian point guard Marco Spissu is in advanced negotiations with the VTB League runner-up and the deal is very likely to happen.
UNICS officially announced signing Spissu to a 1+1 deal.
Spissu (26, 1.84) signed a two-year contract with Unicaja Malaga this summer. But he failed to pass the medical examination, and the deal broke apart.
The playmaker spent the last four seasons with Dinamo Sassari. He averaged 12.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 5.4 assists last year in Serie A.
He was a part of an Italian National Team, which made it to the Tokyo Olympic Games. Spissu didn't play much, spending only 5 minutes on the court against Australia.
However, Spissou led his National Team to win Group B of FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers. 1.84 m point guard averaged 12.7 points (3FG 43.3%), 2.7 rebounds, and 7.7 assists. He was the most efficient Italian player in the tournament (EFF 17.2).
UNICS will have Lorenzo Brown, Isaiah Canaan, Viacheslav Zaytsev, and Artem Komolov alongside Spissu on their backcourt the following season.
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Current roster
 | UNICS Kazan | |
| Position | Player | Status |
| PG | Isaiah Canaan (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| PG | Marco Spissu | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| PG | Georgy Zhbanov | Contract option + 1 |
| SG | Lorenzo Brown (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| SG | Vyacheslav Zaytsev (story) | Signed until 2023 |
| SG | Artem Komolov (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| SG/SF | Dmitrii Uzinskii (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| SF | Mario Hezonja (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| PF | John Brown | Signed until 2023 |
| PF | Will Thomas (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| PF | Andrey Vorontsevich (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| PF | Evgeny Valiev (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Tonye Jekiri (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Artem Klimenko (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| Coach | Velimir Perasovic (story) | |
| Expired contract | Dimitris Priftis (not coming back), Jordan Morgan (not coming back), Jordan Theodore (not coming back), Jamar Smith, Nate Wolters (not coming back), John Holland, Okaro White (not coming back), Kostas Kaimakoglou, Evgeny Kolesnikov (not coming back), Pavel Antipov, Pavel Sergeev (not coming back) | |
| Rumored to leave | ||
| Interested | ||
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