{"id":448190,"date":"2025-06-26T08:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=448190"},"modified":"2025-06-26T08:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:18:54","slug":"vasilije-micic-remains-in-the-nba-for-now-surprise-trade-sends-him-back-to-the-charlotte-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/vasilije-micic-remains-in-the-nba-for-now-surprise-trade-sends-him-back-to-the-charlotte-hornets\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasilije Micic remains in the NBA (for now): surprise trade sends him back to the Charlotte Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"538\">In a major twist, <strong data-start=\"252\" data-end=\"270\">Vasilije Micic<\/strong> will <strong data-start=\"276\" data-end=\"314\">stay in the NBA for the time being<\/strong>. The Phoenix Suns, expected to waive the former EuroLeague MVP, <strong data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"423\">activated the third year of his contract<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"467\">traded him to the Charlotte Hornets<\/strong>, dramatically altering the summer outlook for many top European clubs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"802\">Micic\u2019s recent appearance in Athens had sparked speculation, but the Serbian guard clarified he was only visiting for vacation. With his rights now belonging to the Hornets, it&#8217;s unclear whether they\u2019ll keep him on the roster, buy him out, or seek another trade.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"804\" data-end=\"1045\">Multiple EuroLeague contenders \u2014 <strong data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"868\">Fenerbahce leading the race<\/strong>, along with <strong data-start=\"881\" data-end=\"923\">Efes, Real Madrid, Monaco and Dubai BC<\/strong> \u2014 were circling. However, Micic\u2019s NBA contract, worth over <strong data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"1009\">$8 million for 2025\u201326<\/strong>, complicates matters significantly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1179\">His European return now appears uncertain, leaving teams with a tough choice: <strong data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1140\">wait it out<\/strong> or <strong data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1178\">move on to alternative targets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-anticipated return to Europe is on hold as the Suns pick up the final year of Micic\u2019s deal and trade him to Charlotte<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":443976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-448190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Vasilije-Micic.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448190"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=448190"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=448190"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=448190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}