End to Dylan Ostkowski's soap opera. In the summer of 2024, the news jumped, advanced by the Telesport.RS Serbian portal, that the power-born wing born in the United States had given positive for marijuana after the meeting of December 2, 2023 Before Manresa and until then it has been aware of a possible sanction, which has not finally arrived.
And is that the same Telesport.RS on Wednesday that all doping charges have been removedadding that the State Anti -Doping Agency (Celad) has completed the investigation. An investigation that could open the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) in a new case, although that seems unlikely.
Signing frustrated by Barça
This news of the positive of Ostkowski came in the middle of the 2024 market, when Barça was determined to sign the Unicaja player. An interest that It seemed close to being completed and that would have seen the Barça pay the 900,000 euros of clause that the player had with the Malagaclub with which a year of contract remained.
However, after the appearance of this positive, all the parties involved feared a possible sanction by the FIBA by the anti -doping and Barça, with the fear that the punishment was too long, ended up ruling out its incorporation for the position of '4'.
The future of Ostkowski
With the charges released, for the moment Dylan Ostkowski focuses on his season with Unicaja. A course that could end this Friday, June 6when the Malaga team visits the Palau Blaugrana in the second match of the quarter-final series of the Endesa League play-off and that, if it loses, Unicaja would be eliminated.
In the face of their future, many teams with a place in Euroleague may be interested in their signing. Among them Barça who could return to load for him, although The Barça club already has its position as a-pole with the incorporation of 'Toko' Shengelia facing next season.
