{"id":450178,"date":"2025-07-08T07:54:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=450178"},"modified":"2025-07-08T07:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:54:53","slug":"vasilije-micic-leaves-nba-waives-6m-to-return-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/vasilije-micic-leaves-nba-waives-6m-to-return-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasilije Mici\u0107 leaves NBA, waives $6M to return to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"639\">After a quick stint with the Suns, Hornets, and Bucks, <strong data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"502\">Vasilije Mici\u0107<\/strong> has secured a buyout from the <strong data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"552\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/strong>. The team respected his wish to return to Europe, clearing cap space for Myles Turner.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"857\">The 31-year-old waived $6.1M of his $8.1M contract for the 2025\/26 season, receiving the remaining $2M in three yearly installments of $666,666. After the 48-hour NBA waiver period, he will be free to sign in Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1040\">In 101 NBA games, Mici\u0107 averaged 6.8 points and 3.9 assists, while in the EuroLeague, he shined with Efes, Zalgiris, and Crvena Zvezda, averaging 13.1 points and winning two titles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just In: The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to a buyout with guard Vasilije Mici\u0107, league sources told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoopshype?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hoopshype<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PvKJrcVJOs\">pic.twitter.com\/PvKJrcVJOs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1942331513657246205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Milwaukee Bucks waived Damian Lillard and Vasilije Mici\u0107 today.<\/p>\n<p>Mici\u0107 gave back $6.1M in a buyout with the Bucks, a league source says. His cap hit will shrink from $8.1M to $2M and Mici\u0107 will be able to pursue other opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthletic<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MDYpYPJAPV\">https:\/\/t.co\/MDYpYPJAPV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eric_nehm\/status\/1942367038011498860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vasilije Mici\u0107 leaves the Milwaukee Bucks, waiving $6.1M to facilitate his return to Europe<\/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":[199,249,399],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-450178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-greece","category-nba","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Vasilije-Micic.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450178","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=450178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450178\/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=450178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450178"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=450178"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=450178"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=450178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}