THE Jonas Valanci He arrived on Friday night (4/7/25) shortly before 23:00 in Athens, with the 33 -year -old Lithuanian center, after 13 full seasons in the NBA ready for the next stop of his career in his career Panathinaic.
Valancias arrived in Athens by plane from Frankfurt, with security measures being draconian. Police even prevented any contact with fans at the airport. Panathinaikos wants everything to be as discreet as possible, with Lithuanian going through medical examinations in the near future.
The 33 -year -old did not go down with the other passengers on the flight, but departed from the gateway to the goods for security reasons and in order to prevent anyone from approaching. From the arrival of himself, there has been no photographic material or video.
Valantouna will sign a three -year contract with the Greens with a total of 12m euros and will be one of the largest transcripts in Europe in recent years.
The transcript, however, has not yet been completed, as the experienced Basktebolist is committed to a contract by Denver Nuggets. Panathinaikos is awaiting his official release in order to be able to announce his transcript with all solemnity.
It is noteworthy that 937 NBA matches Valantziounas scored 13.1 points (58% in two -pointers, 34% in three -pointers, 79% in shots), 9.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per 25.1 minutes.
Dimitris Giannakopoulos also confirmed
The transfer of Jonas Valancias to Panathinaikos was also confirmed by the powerful man of CAE Dimitris Giannakopoulos. In a video on his Instagram account, he says: “What did you ask for,” he says in the video, continuing with humor: “To see your hand, it’s ready for the signature? Do you have style? “
The Valancias’ contract in the NBA
Valanciunas is committed to a $ 10 million contract with Denver Nuggets who ended up with the exchange of Sacramento Kings. The Nuggets count him as a change of Nikola Jokic, but he wishes to return to Europe and in particular to Panathinaikos. The scenario is reminiscent of the recent case of Sasa Vezenkov, who… left 6.7 million from the Raptors to return to our country and Olympiacos.
According to a well -known NBA journalist Evan Sidderi, the release of the player from Denver is considered a matter of time.
Panathinaikos nbaers
Once the transfer is completed, Panathinaikos will have a set of NBA players. And this is because the green roster are Centi Osman, Jerian Grand, Center Nan and Huanzo Erngome.
The only presence of Valantsina in Europe
The Lithuanian, despite his big NBA career, counts just one entry in Euroleague in 2011 with Lietuvos Rita. However, his enormous experience with both the Lithuanian and the NBA make Valancias one of EuroLeague’s top center for the new season and a huge transcript that adds quality and experience to the clover.