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Vasilije Micic is a Hapoel Tel Aviv player. These are the words of the player after the club’s official announcement. “I am very excited to join Hapoel Tel Aviv and to be part of the historic upcoming season – the club’s debut in the Euroleague. I was very impressed by the project that Hapoel is building: the ambitions and the clear vision for the future.
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Vasilije Micic has decided to join Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv, per Eurohoops sources. Later Wednesday, his arrival was officially confirmed by the Israeli club. After drawing interest from several EuroLeague teams, including Real Madrid and Fenerbahce Beko, the 31-year-old Serbian point guard signed a three-year contract, making him one of the highest-paid players in league history.
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The 31-year-old Serbian guard has agreed to join Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv, the Israeli club announced. According to Nadav Zenziper, Micic agreed to a 3-year, €18 million ($20.9 million) deal that will make the Serbian guard one of the best-paid players in the league's history.Â
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After being traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Charlotte Hornets, and then sent to the Milwaukee Bucks, Micic was waived and became an unrestricted free agent 48 hours later. According to our information, the Serbian star will sign a two-year deal with Real Madrid worth €8.5 million. He will also receive an additional $2 million from the Milwaukee Bucks, which will be paid over the next three years – $666,666 per year.
Real Madrid has presented a lucrative two-year offer to former EuroLeague MVP Vasilije Micić, who is now seriously considering a return to Europe with the Spanish giants, according to Eurohoops sources. The Serbian guard recently agreed to a buyout with the Milwaukee Bucks — who acquired him in the massive seven-team trade that sent Kevin Durant to Houston — returning $6.1 million of his $8.1 million contract for the 2025–26 season.
According to Goran Grbović, director of Stark Arena, EuroLeague president Dejan Bodiroga pushed for Belgrade to host the 2026 Final Four. The final vote is expected on July 22. Athens’ OAKA Arena remains a contender, but Panathinaikos owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos’ behavior may influence clubs to vote against it.
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Andrea Bargnani: I didn't even know what the NBA draft was. And playing in the playing in the NBA when I was eight, nine, 10 years old was an unreachable dream. You were not even allowed to dream to play in the NBA when I was eight, nine, 10 because nobody was going from Italy to become an important player in the NBA. It never happened. I was dreaming about playing in Barcelona, playing in Real Madrid, in Panathinaikos, because that was my dream when I was growing up. So to answer your question, I didn't really feel the pressure of being number one.
Olympiacos has submitted an offer to 27-year-old Kostas Antetokounmpo. In a possible boost of the Greek portion of the roster, the team coached by Giorgos Bartzokas can feature the younger brother of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2025-26 installments of the EuroLeague and Stoiximan GBL, providing an additional option inside the paint.
It also seemed that this project would be solely developed by FIBA and the NBA. "If the NBA comes to Europe, it will only be with FIBA," said FIBA Board member Darius Gudelis. However, Zagklis confirmed that the EuroLeague is also involved in these discussions. "We sat at the table all three [FIBA, EuroLeague, NBA]—and that is our job: to bring everyone to the table," Zagklis said. "Where this ends up, I cannot tell you because we are still in the process." "But the atmosphere is correct for a professional [dialogue], and then we need to see the next steps in this process. I would definitely stay to that, because anything more concrete that I give you is now perhaps immature—not only for announcement, but immature even for decision," he added.
The team's people assured that in the coming days there will be an official reception for the Lithuanian star in Greece, once the situation has been fully cleared, to be combined with a party by thousands of friends of the "seven-star" at "Eleftherios Venizelos", as is customary in such cases. "In about 10 days we will be here again ," were the words of the people at Panathinaikos, anticipating the warm welcome that is expected to follow for one of the most important transfers in the history of both Panathinaikos and the EuroLeague in general.
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