{"id":978003,"date":"2026-08-03T14:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/978003\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:32:23","slug":"international-notes-watford-theis-mills-harper-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/978003\/","title":{"rendered":"International Notes: Watford, Theis, Mills, Harper Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\">\n  By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/author\/arthur-hill\" title=\"Posts by Arthur Hill\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur Hill<\/a> |<br \/>\n  at August 3, 2026 8:09 am  <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/watfotr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trendon Watford<\/a><\/strong> is in \u201cadvanced negotiations\u201d to join Valencia Basket in the EuroLeague, sources tell <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-253068-former-philadelphia-76ers-forward-trendon-watford-nearing-euroleague-move.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews<\/a>. The former Sixers forward became a free agent in late June when the team <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/06\/sixers-pick-up-options-on-barlow-terry-decline-option-on-watford.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">declined<\/a> its $2.8MM option for the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Watford signed with Philadelphia last summer after spending two years in Portland and then two more with Brooklyn. He appeared in 53 games last season, making seven starts and averaging 6.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 16.3 minutes per night with .515\/.200\/.779 shooting numbers.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first time playing overseas for the former LSU star. Valencia, which compiled the second-best record in the EuroLeague last season, recently <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/07\/valencia-basket-announces-deal-with-mouhamadou-gueye.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">added<\/a> former NBA forward\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gueyemo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-23_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mouhamadou Gueye<\/a><\/strong> to its roster.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more international news to pass along:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"longlis\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/theisda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daniel Theis<\/a><\/strong> is nearing a deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/daniel-theis-agrees-two-year-deal-with-maccabi-tel-aviv-worth-2-2m-per-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alessandro Maggi of Sportando<\/a>. The 34-year-old center had been expected to sign with ASVEL Villeurbanne, but the French team\u2019s financial cutbacks led him to explore other options. Theis has reportedly agreed to a two-year deal worth $2.2MM per season and is awaiting his release from ASVEL. Theis played for six teams in eight NBA seasons before moving on to Europe last year.<\/li>\n<li>Longtime NBA guard <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/millspa02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patty Mills<\/a><\/strong> is expected to remain with ASVEL and play for former Spurs teammate<strong> Tony Parker<\/strong> despite the club\u2019s economic issues, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/euroleague\/1996006\/patty-mills-reportedly-remains-committed-to-asvel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eurohoops<\/a>. ASVEL is cutting its projected budget by more than half, from 59 million to 24 million euros, causing high-profile players like Theis, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/international\/players\/sylvain-francisco-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sylvain Francisco<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brookar01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Armoni Brooks<\/a><\/strong> to move on to other teams.<\/li>\n<li>Spurs guard <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harpedy01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dylan Harper<\/a><\/strong> and Celtics guard <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harpero02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-08-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ron Harper Jr.<\/a><\/strong> are ineligible to play for the Philippine national team as local players, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-253044-dylan-harper-gilas-pilipinas-playing-status-revealed.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BasketNews<\/a> reports. They didn\u2019t get passports before turning 18 and will have to be naturalized to represent the country in international play. However, FIBA rules limit teams to one naturalized player on its 12-man roster for any competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Arthur Hill | at August 3, 2026 8:09 am Trendon Watford is in \u201cadvanced negotiations\u201d to join&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":978004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[25877,12549,1260,392562,300756,62,167287,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-978003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-daniel-theis","tag-dylan-harper","tag-nba","tag-patty-mills","tag-ron-harper-jr","tag-sports","tag-trendon-watford","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117032068618827930","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/978004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}