{"id":53732,"date":"2025-05-24T11:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T11:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/53732\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T11:28:09","slug":"suns-micic-discusses-contract-situation-eurobasket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/53732\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns’ Micic Discusses Contract Situation, EuroBasket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reporting from international outlets throughout the spring has linked NBA point guard Vasilije Micic<\/a> to Hapoel Tel Aviv, with one April report<\/a> indicating that Micic was on the verge of signing a $5MM contract with the Israeli club.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s possible that deal will still come to fruition, Micic made it clear in a conversation with Meridian Sport<\/a> that he hasn\u2019t signed anything yet and suggested that his plans for the 2025\/26 season remain up in the air, given that his contract with the Suns includes an $8.11MM team option.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really don\u2019t know. The team still has an option on my contract. And that\u2019s a serious clause in the NBA. All I know is that I want to play,\u201d Micic said (hat tip to Johnny Askounis of Eurohoops<\/a>). \u201cThere are plenty of rumors. I don\u2019t pay attention. \u2026 If I haven\u2019t signed anything, I have nothing to talk about. My contract officially runs until June 30. Before that, it\u2019s all just talk. But I can\u2019t believe in anything until I see something concrete.\u201d<\/p>\n

A EuroLeague champion in 2021 and 2022 and the MVP of Europe\u2019s top league in 2021, Micic signed a three-year, $23.6MM contract with Oklahoma City during the 2023 offseason, nine years after he was selected with the No. 52 overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. However, his stint in the NBA hasn\u2019t gone as planned.<\/p>\n

Micic has been traded twice since arriving stateside and has played a modest role for Oklahoma City, Charlotte, and Phoenix, averaging 6.8 points and 3.9 assists in 19.4 minutes per game across 101 outings in the past two seasons. He has made just 39.5% of his field goal attempts, including 31.5% of his three-pointers, and hasn\u2019t been an asset on the defensive end of the court.<\/p>\n

The cap-strapped Suns will probably have little incentive to exercise Micic\u2019s $8.11MM option unless his salary is needed for trade purposes. Even in that scenario, there\u2019s no guarantee the 31-year-old\u2019s new team would retain him, so he\u2019s a good bet to reach free agency at some point this offseason. And even if he doesn\u2019t ultimately finalize a deal with Hapoel Tel Aviv, his desire for a significant role suggests a return to Europe is likely.<\/p>\n

Wherever he ends up this fall, Micic figures to be playing overseas this summer. He told Meridian Sport that he \u201creally\u201d wants to represent Serbia in the 2025 EuroBasket tournament after helping his home country claim a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics a year ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year was great for us,\u201d Micic said. \u201c\u2026 This year, we hope it\u2019ll be even better. Someone\u2019s always missing. If everyone shows up, it\u2019ll be incredible, and hopefully even more successful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reporting from international outlets throughout the spring has linked NBA point guard Vasilije Micic to Hapoel Tel Aviv,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,6,2065,472,4045,604,10757],"class_list":{"0":"post-53732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-phoenix","11":"tag-phoenix-suns","12":"tag-phoenixsuns","13":"tag-suns","14":"tag-vasilije-micic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114562577542738270","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}