CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The agent for Bobcats rookie Bismack Biyombo insists the seventh pick in the draft will play for Charlotte next season despite a buyout dispute with his Spanish team.
Igor Crespo said in a phone interview Thursday that no matter when the lockout ends, “the player will be there to play with the Bobcats from the first game.”
A spokesman for Madrid-based Fuenlabrada said last month the team is fine in letting Biyombo out of the last two years of his contract, but expects to receive a $1.4 million buyout.
The two sides held a mediation session earlier this month. Crespo declined to reveal the details, but stressed the issue wouldn’t prevent the 6-foot-9 Congo native from reporting to Charlotte’s training camp on time.
