After years of speculation, the Oklahoma City Thunder finally added former EuroLeague MVP Vasilije Micic to their roster.
The Thunder and Micic agreed to a three-year, $23.5 million deal, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Over the last several weeks, it felt like momentum was heading in this direction. Micic visited OKC for the first time, which Thunder general manager Sam Presti commented on following last week’s rookie introductory presser.
“I don’t really have anything specific I can get into right now. He was obviously here, which is great because it’s been something we wanted — to have him on-site at some point — but he’s such an accomplished player. He’s always playing in a tournament or a national team or deep into the summer, but it was great,” Presti told reporters following the presser. “We know him very well. He’s got a great relationship with our organization. But it was really nice to spend some time with him while he was on our soil and it was great. But I couldn’t tell you exactly what that means as of yet.”
With the addition, the Thunder adds one of the best international players. The 29-year-old is a highly decorative guard who has won the EuroLeague championship twice, 2021 and 2022, and the Turkish League championship three times in 2019, 2021 and 2023. He also won the EuroLeague MVP in 2021.
Micic spent the last four seasons with the Anadolu Efes. In 34 games last season, he averaged 17.5 points on 46.1% shooting, 4.6 assists and 2.7 rebounds. He also shot 33.9% from 3.
The Thunder acquired Micic’s draft rights from the Philadelphia 76ers in 2020 in the Al Horford trade. He was drafted in the second round (52nd) of the 2014 NBA draft.
