Hesse: Frankfurt's basketball players separate from Martina's giving

Frankfurt/Main (dpa/lhe) - The Frankfurt Bundesliga basketball team, the Fraport Skyliners, and their top scorer, Martinas Give, are going their separate ways with immediate effect.

Hesse: Frankfurt's basketball players separate from Martina's giving

Frankfurt/Main (dpa/lhe) - The Frankfurt Bundesliga basketball team, the Fraport Skyliners, and their top scorer, Martinas Give, are going their separate ways with immediate effect. The Hessians and the 28-year-old Lithuanian could not agree on an extension of the contract that expired on Wednesday, said the bottom of the table. The currently injured center has already left for his family in the USA.

The crux of the failed contract talks was that Giving insisted on an opt-out clause. "He definitely wants to play in a European competition and therefore didn't want to give up his option of being able to switch to a European club at any time, even if his salary increased again. But we now have to work with a team that is fully committed to Fraport Skyliners and with which we can plan and work from now until the end of the season", Frankfurt's managing director Yannick Binas justified the separation.