Nikola Mirotic: He’s looking for his first Euroleague

The best player in the Euroleague for the 2022 season leaves Barcelona, ​​speaks “warmly” with Olympiacos and wants to win the first Euroleague in his career.

the Nikola Mirotic bHe was born on February 11, 1991 in Montenegro, in the then united Yugoslavia. From a young age he showed the magnitude of his talent, which led to a mere age Age 14 years (in 2005) to be converted into TRUE! Real Madrid players have chosen him since his youth, when he was playing for Podgorica.

in real madridHe rose to the first team in 2008, aged only 17 and stayed there until 2014. In fact, because he went to play basketball at a young age in Spain, he also accepted the offer to compete in the national team. Country. with the Spain He won the 2015 Eurobasket, while also taking bronze in Rio in 2016.

With Real, he won titles and awards, was named the best young player in the Euroleague, but could not conquer the Euroleague. Both in 2013 (by Olympiacos) and in 2014 (by Maccabi), Real Madrid players were defeated in the World Cup finals. The last four. Being one of the best young players in the competition, he got a taste of the NBA dream in 2014. He played 4 years (2014-2018) in Chicago Bullswhile browsing the lists of pelicans and bucks.

In the summer of 2019, Barcelona’s budget skyrocketed and they were intent on making big deals. Nikola Mirotic wants to return to Europe and the Catalans give him land and water to move there Barcelona. Although Montenegro was linked to the Real Madrid team, it was finally convinced to go to the “eternal” competitor, with a legendary contract, which affected 4,500,000 euros a year!

in Barcelona He becomes a star player, stands out as the best player in the Euroleague 2022He won the top scorer award, while leading the Catalans to domestic titles. But the problem is that with her, even there, he couldn’t beat the title he lacked. any invasion euroleagueas the Catalans failed to make consecutive appearances in the Final Four.

Despite the fact that he was the undisputed player of the team in those four years, the Catalans decided to “break” their contract with him. Nikola Mirotic would not continue and made the decision to leave. He is currently at “war” with her over the amount of compensation.

his point of view olympico It bothers him and he has expressed it to the people of the Greek metropolises. He is completely positive about wearing the red and white shirt and sees in Piraeus a great team, which could give him the chance to win the title he has been missing out on. That is, the Euroleague! The “Red and White” came close to agreeing with him, Giorgos Partzokas spoke to the player and what satisfied Piraeus was the great incentive that Montenegro had to become European champions. He doesn’t talk so much about money, but about the momentum that can be created at Olympiacos this year to win the title in Berlin.