Marcus Howard now dresses his son, Cairo, in Baskonia.

Marcus Howard joined Baskonia’s preseason this Monday, completing his first training session with his teammates under the orders of Vitoria’s team coach, Pablo Laso.

The Barça goalscorer arrived late after agreeing with the club to take some time off following his recent fatherhood, then took part in the team’s warm-up training in Vitoria before the start of their pre-season clash. To ensure his son could wear the team’s colours as soon as possible, Baskonia gave Howard a shirt through captain Tadas Sedekerskis.

Howard is in his third season with the Basque team and will be one of the key players in coach Pablo Laso’s squad.

As Trent Forrest pointed out on Monday, Howard himself acted as an ambassador for the non-EU point guards he reached out to when his Baskonia deal was announced.

Last May, Baskonia renewed his contract for the second time until 2028. The Euroleague and Endesa League top scorer already signed a contract until 2026 in October.

Howard was officially named the winner of the Alfonso Ford Trophy, awarded to the EuroLeague’s leading scorer with an average of 19.5 points per game.

He also became one of the players to have the most points in an entire EuroLeague season, totalling 759 points in 38 regular season games.

Another record he achieved last year was hitting triples on 148 shots during the 2023-24 EuroLeague season, surpassing Alexei Shved’s previous record of 107 triples.