Smits, Davies and Hayes-Davis to leave FC Barcelona
None of Rolands Smits, Brandon Davies and Nigel Hayes-Davis will be forming part of the Barça basketball roster for 2022/23. The threesome’s contracts all expire on June 30 and the club would like to thank them for their contributions and wishes them all the best in the future, both on a personal and professional level.
Smits
The Latvian forward has been on the Barça books since 2017, joining the club from Fuenlabrada, although he remained at his former club on a loan basis for the first year before finally donning the blaugrana colours in the summer of 2018. Smits has been at the club for four seasons and has played 257 games.
Davies
The Brigham Young graduate, who has represented Uganda at international level, came to Barça in 2019 from Zalgiris Kaunas, scoring an impressive 24 points and 11 rebounds in just his second game. In his three seasons at the Palau Blaugrana, Davies has played 219 games, averaging over ten points a game in both the ACB and EuroLeague.
Hayes-Davis
Nigel Hayes, who played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers, came to Barça from Žalgiris Kaunas in August of last year. He only missed six games in the 2021/22 season, his most memorable performance being the one at Red Star Belgrade in the EuroLeague, where he amassed 14 points, 8 rebounds and a rating of 23.
