Vezenkov, EuroLeague MVP, goes to Sacramento Kings

The best player of the last Euroleague, Sasha Vezenkovwho was about to take Olympiacos to the title with a great game in the final against Real Madrid, he will cross the pond and play in the NBA. Despite the insistent news that he was in the US, there was no certainty that the 2.06m, 26-year-old Bulgarian international would leave Europe this summer. But eventually it will be will sign for the next three seasons with the Sacramento Kings for a total of $20 million grossaccording to Adrian Wojnarowski, from ESPN.

Vezenkov had renewed his current commitment to the Greek team last Januarychanging a contract that ended in June 2024 for another that lasted until 2025 and going from a salary of less than one million euros net to another of 1.5 million. The new link included an exit clause to the NBA for an amount close to a million and a half euroswho will now exercise to debut in the NBA. The Piraeus club had proposed a new renewal for four seasons and 2.5 million netnot far from what he will earn at the Kings, but he has said no because he felt it was his time to embark on the American adventure.

The Greek, international for Bulgaria and born and raised in Cyprus, He went from Hapoel Nicosia to Aris Thessaloniki at just 16 years old and between 2015 and 2018 he played for Barcelona. He then returned to Greece, where he spent five seasons at Olympiacos. This course has been his best campaign, since In addition to averaging 17.6 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists for a PIR of 21.5 in the regular phase of the Euroleague, which has led him to be chosen MVP, he came out in the Final Four despite the defeat in the final, in which he finished with 29 points, 9 sacks and 4 basket passes for a PIR of 34.

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Vezenkov thus decides to debut in the NBA in full maturity, in his best sporting moment, but The thorn of the Euroleague remains in Europe, a trophy that he has not been able to lift either with Barça or with Olympiacos.

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