FC Barcelona lands Lubos Barton
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One of the best forwards in European basketball switched teams on Friday when FC Barcelona announced that Lubos Barton inked a three-year deal with the 2003 Euroleague champions. Barcelona keeps an option to release Barton (200 28) at the end of the 2009-10 season. He arrives from DKV Joventut, where Barton has played in each of the last three seasons before joining Barcelona. Barton averaged 9.4 points and 3.7 rebounds in 17 ULEB Cup games last season, helping Joventut to win the competition. He has also helped Joventut to win the 2006 FIBA EuroCup and the 2008 Spanish King's Cup, as well as reaching the Spanish League semifinals in the last three seasons. Barton has also played for Fortitudo Bologna and Lottomatica Roma in Italy, as well as for Decin in the Czech Republic. Barton, that also spent four years at Valparaiso University, is a regular member of the Czech national team.
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Euroleague.net
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