Veteran NBA heart Boban Marjanovic is receiving curiosity from Turkish membership Besiktas, in line with a report from Meridian Sport (hat tip to Eurohoops).
Marjanovic, 36, has spent the previous 9 seasons within the NBA and reportedly continues to hunt a new alternative within the league. Nevertheless, he’s no stranger to European competitors, having performed in Serbia, Russia, and Lithuania from 2006-15 earlier than making the transfer throughout the Atlantic.
The large man led the EuroLeague in rebounding and was named to the All-EuroLeague first crew in 2015 throughout his final season abroad as a member of Crvena Zvezda. He additionally gained a Serbian League (KLS) title that 12 months.
Listed here are a couple of extra odds and ends from across the worldwide basketball world:
- Former first-round choose Dzanan Musa, who has been with Actual Madrid since 2022, mentioned he turned down NBA curiosity this offseason in an effort to keep on with the Spanish membership, as Kevin Martorano of Sportando relays. “I’m very joyful in Madrid and to remain right here I turned down some gives from the NBA,” Musa instructed Ricardo Gonzalez of AS.com. “I by no means closed that door utterly, however I might not go away right here for any cause. I’m a winner, I need to play to win.” Musa, 25, appeared in 49 video games for Brooklyn from 2018-20.
- Greek membership Olympiacos had been anticipated to mortgage out former Sixers huge man Filip Petrusev to Crvena Zvezda this season, however Petrusev seems prone to keep on with Olympiacos for now on account of accidents to facilities Moustapha Fall and Nikola Milutinov, Martorano writes for Sportando. Crvena Zvezda assistant Giannis Sfairopoulos mentioned Petrusev isn’t within the Serbian crew’s plans in the mean time, per Johnny Askounis of Eurohoops.
- After teaching the French nationwide crew for 15 years and profitable a silver medal on the Paris Olympics, Vincent Collet has – as anticipated – stepped down from the place, transitioning to an advisory function on the French Federation of Basketball, per a press launch. Beneath Collet, France additionally gained a silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and took house a pair of World Cup bronze medals in 2014 and 2019.
- After returning to Europe this offseason, will Cedi Osman, Omer Yurtseven, and Furkan Korkmaz finally discover their approach again to the NBA? Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.com (subscription required) spoke to NBA sources in regards to the odds of every participant returning stateside in 2025 or additional down the highway.
