The Sacramento Kings’ offer to Sasha Vezhenkov and the role of Kolokotronis

The Kings’ flirtation with Sasha Vezhenkov is not new, it has not been mentioned in recent weeks. The Sacramento side bought the rights to the Bulgarian striker in the summer of 2022, keen to bring him to the United States but lacked the money and significant role to convince him to leave Olympiakos.

A year later, the Kings’ agents have not only returned to Vezenkov’s everyday life, but have now submitted their proposal and are awaiting his response.

Organization officials and coaches traveled to Greece five times in the 2022/23 season, Mike Brown was the last to come to Athens to see Vezhenkov play with Fenerbahce in the EuroLeague playoff series, everyone was delighted with what they were doing on the pitch saw what they heard from the 27-year-old striker. The crucial development in this case is the visit of Matina Kolokotronis to Greece.

The Kings’ longtime chief operating officer, a very important figure in the franchise, has made the transatlantic journey, and now Vezenkov has taken what he’s told is a serious proposal from the Sacramento team seriously Sportish Issue Part the mid-level exemption ($12.5 million per year for one to four years throughout the MLE);

The organization’s agents took the first step towards Vezhenkov, they want to include him in the squad for the 2023/24 season and negotiations have started.

In addition to money, the Kings offer Vezenkov space and a role. They failed to find major talent in the 2023 NBA draft, abandoned Rhyshon Holmes, who earned $25 million over the next two years, and are looking for a five-pointer in either the three or four, with Keegan Murray being considered as a starter is five. Either as SF or PF.

As you heard from the Bald Brothers, the semi-annual exception ($4.5 million per year for a year or two) for EuroLeague 2023 MVP status seems small, while the overall mid-level exception ( $12.5 million for one to four years) click more in the Vezenkov case. That same amount 100% exceeds sixth man Malik Monk’s 9.95 million and fifth man Keegan Murray’s 8.4 million. A little lower than these two is the amount offered to Sasha.

Apparently they broke mid-level in Sacramento to give part of it to Vezenkov and another part to another free agent. Only he can answer whether this amount is enough to convince the Bulgarian to move to Sacramento. What is certain is that Vezenkov would ideally want the case to be closed as soon as possible, both to reassure himself and to allow Olympiakos to carry out their planning without wasting any time.