Quote from: AHOYBRAUSE on July 16, 2025, 06:56:33 PM

Damn, they are really spending the big bucks and definitely will be the front runners to winner their domestic league with this roster. Though I am not so sure about the Euroleague.
Just had to google why this team is so rich now and saw that their budget for the next season is 40 million euro, compared an an already quite big 25 million last season, that's crazy for "Europe".

They spend because they have to. Their chairman, Ofer Yannay, a "self-created" businessman (?), wants Hapoel to become a regular Euroleague team, and if he succeeds that, then the stock price for his team will "skyrocket". That was the reason he gave to Misic shares of the team, and he agreed to play there. He also said that for him, there is no war anymore; there are no missiles above their heads, and everything is over. It seems that for him, the people in Gaza are all dead. Who cares for the kids etc? Let's play basketball... Roll Eyes

Quote from: LTU_btc on July 16, 2025, 07:20:09 PM

Meanwhile it seems that Valanciunas transfer to Panathinaikos won't happen. Most likely that he will stay in NBA and play for Nuggets.

It seems like that. However, we have to wait and see since Valanciunas will try to talk with the Nuggets and tell them that he wants to break his contract. Maybe even pay them to set him free. Also, Monaco's Daniel Theis seems to be with one foot out of the team. If Valanciunas stays with Nuggets, I'm guessing that Panathinaikos will try to sign him up.