Jonas Valanciunas is welcome as the kings traded becomes official

NBA Big Man Veteran John Valanciun It is officially with Denver Nuggets. Lithuanian star was traded in the offseasia Sacramento kings in Denver in exchange for one on one with the front Dario Saric.

Also have nuggets welcome Valanciunas in a team with special post on social media.

“Welcome to Denver, Jonas!” Read the post that also comes with a mountainous number that is closed by snow emoji and the graphic of Valanciunas in Nugget Uniform.

The trade arrived through the middle of the report that Valanciunas to haunt him Greek basketball club Panatinaikos. That desire of Panathinaikos to face the Valanciunas with Major obstacles. After all, Valanciune still has live in the NBA contract, which has signed a three-year $ 30.3 million deal with new pelicane or racing transaction with Višina wizards back in summer 2024. Years.

As stands, Valanciunas, who was last left to 33 years, still has two more years on his current agreement. He has a hit of 10,395 million dollars in the 2025-26 and $ 10 million in the campaign 2026-27 before it became a free agent in summer 2027-28.

It is still possible that Valancius requests Lifting from Nugget If he really wants to take his talents to Europe, instead of playing a major spare role behind the triple time of NBA most precious players Nikola Jokić. As long as Jokic is healthy, Valanciunas will not be compiled by the Nuggets team, which won 50 games last season.

However, Valanciunas can be considered a significant upgrade via Deandra Jordan, which was a backup copy of Jokić in the previous three seasons. He played a total of 81 games for wizards and kings last season, an average of 10.4 points, 7.7 jumps and 2.0 helps during recording 55.0 percent from the field.

In addition to the money that states to earn over the next two NBA season, another major sales for Valanciun, honor contract and stay in the league is the possibility of conquering the ring. Nuggets was in 2023. Won the NBA title and remained obscured as a serious candidate for Larry O’Brien Trophy as long as they had Jokic in the team.

Reckle Villas is an experienced sports writer covering various sports, including NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and college football. He graduated in the communication art from the University of Santo Thomas in the Philippines.