Partizan Belgrade has made a contract offer to Mo Bamba and is considered the frontrunner to sign the former lottery pick if he decides to play in Europe for the first time in his career, according to Vasiliki Karamouza of Sport24.gr (hat tip to Sportando).
The sixth overall pick in 2018, Bamba spent the first half of 2024/25 with the Clippers before being traded to — and waived by — the Jazz in early February. He later signed a 10-day deal with New Orleans in March.
A report last month indicated that Olympiacos (Greece) was interested in Bamba, but he has not been linked to any NBA teams this offseason.
Bamba, 27, holds seven years of NBA experience, mostly with Orlando. He averaged 4.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.0 block in 32 appearances last season with the Clippers and Pelicans (13.2 minutes per game).
KK Partizan, which competes in the EuroLeague and the ABA League, is coming off an ABA League title this spring but went just 16-18 in EuroLeague play. The Serbian club’s roster features no shortage of former NBA players, including Shake Milton, Jabari Parker, Sterling Brown, Isaac Bonga and Aleksej Pokusevski, among others.
Another former lottery pick, Frank Ntilikina, played for Partizan last season but was reportedly nearing a departure this offseason. However, Karamouza’s sources say that the French guard will stay in Belgrade after agreeing to a pay cut.
Isaac Bonga and Mo Bamba on the same team would make the youtuber “Troydan” go INSANE haha… (iykyk)
In addition to Mo the team is also interested in Larry & Curly, possibly Shemp.