{"id":5555,"date":"2026-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fribourg-olympic.ch\/one-american-leaves-another-arrives\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T08:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:54:28","slug":"one-american-leaves-another-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fribourg-olympic.ch\/en\/one-american-leaves-another-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"One American Leaves, Another Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5555\" class=\"elementor elementor-5555 elementor-5542\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8195073 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8195073\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be6ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6be6ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"306\">Fribourg Olympic regrets to announce the departure of Jonathan Williams. A key contributor to last season\u2019s treble, the American unfortunately did not receive medical clearance following his medical examination. <\/p><p data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"418\">Jonathan Williams returned to the United States on Wednesday to continue treatment for his knee injury.<\/p><p data-start=\"420\" data-end=\"507\">To replace him, Fribourg Olympic has signed another American player: Joe Toussaint.<\/p><p data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"751\">The 25-year-old, 1.83 m point guard played last season for BC Prievidza in Slovakia, where he averaged 11.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in the domestic league. 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