JULY 17: The Thunder have officially signed Micic, according to a team press release.
JULY 1: European star Vasilije Micic has agreed to a three-year, $23.5MM contract with the Thunder, agent Jason Ranne tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Micic traveled to Oklahoma City a few weeks ago to discuss a potential contract with the Thunder. A report last week from Christos Tsaltas of Sportal.gr stated that Micic was “determined” to play in the NBA in 2023/24, and now he’ll be coming stateside on a lucrative multiyear deal.
Micic, 29, was selected by Philadelphia with the 52nd overall pick in the 2014 draft. The Sixers traded his draft rights in 2020 to the Thunder, who have held them for the last three years.
The 6’5″ guard has been playing in Europe since 2010 and has been a member of Anadolu Efes since 2018. He won back-to-back EuroLeague championships with the club in 2021 and 2022 and was named the EuroLeague’s Most Valuable Player in 2021. He and Anadolu Efes have also claimed Turkish League titles in 2019, 2021, and 2023, with Micic earning Finals MVP honors this year.
The Thunder already have several young guards on their roster, but they seem quite high on the Serbian veteran. According to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link), several teams trade to acquire Micic’s rights during last month’s NBA draft, including the Jazz, but OKC decided to retain him.
Micic averaged 16.0 points, 5.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 31 EuroLeague contests last season, posting a .435/.357/.870 shooting line in 31 games (31.3 minutes).
The Thunder may have their room exception, which can now be used on signings of up to three years, earmarked for Micic.
Shai/Giddey/Micic/Cason Wallace… can’t wait to watch that backcourt… Tbh their whole team is long, hungry & talented. Love their roster
Me too.
Will you guys be updating Roster Counts and Rookie Signing features this year?
Yes, the Draft Pick Signings post will go up at some point during the moratorium. Roster Counts probably a little later, since it’s a mess until the deals start becoming official.
I don’t envy that task
This could be a significant upgrade for the Thunder at a very reasonable expense.
Great move.
Excited to see if Holmgren plays summer league ball, and what he looks like after a year off.
Wow. At first, I didn’t realize that this was an updated article. I thought. Was there a shift in the Space-Time Continuum? Am I a Time-Traveler? It is 7/27/23. Summer leagues are over. Chet played quite well. Then I saw that you posted on 7/1/23. Darn. No calls to the Stock Broker with futuristic stock deals.
Can’t wait to see Wemby vs Holmgren, who scores more? Who rebounds more? And more important who will block more shots?
They played against each other a couple of years ago in an international tournament and Wemby dominated Holmgren. Wemby has only gotten better since then so expect more of the same.
He didn’t dominate Kenneth Lofton Jr in that same game tho. It’s gonna be the guys like that (as well as Lofton himself, they’re now in the same division) that will give Wembo his biggest problems. Stronger, thicker guys that might be able to move him around.. link to m.youtube.com
Bravo Vasa! Thunder gonna be fun to watch.
Thunder vs Pistons finals
The Thunder just signed the Rookie of the Year.
Wanna know how to build a team? Follow Sam Presti! Can’t wait to watch them!
This is going to be a year to watch OKC – if they stay healthy that is…