Dejan Vasiljevic’s NBA dream is one step nearer to turning into a actuality after the previous Sydney Kings guard signed a minimum-salary contract with the Washington Wizards.
Vasiljevic labored out with the Wizards through the NBA Summer League in July and has now earned an “Exhibit 10” cope with the franchise.
The contract means Vasiljevic will be a part of the Wizards, and Australian former NBL teammate Xavier Cooks, for a pre-season coaching camp.
The Wizards can select to maintain him on for the NBA season, which begins in late October, or can reduce him with no need to dig into their wage cap for a payout.
It comes after the Wizards signed reigning NBL most-valuable participant Cooks in March for the rest of the 2022/23 season.
Coach Wes Unseld elevated the Australian swingman’s minutes in direction of the top of the season after the Wizards’ play-off hopes have been dashed. They ended up ending twelfth within the japanese convention.
Vasiljevic’s deal follows his determination to say no a contract possibility to stay on the Kings, the place he was a part of back-to-back NBL championship wins underneath coach Chase Buford.
The 190cm-tall 26-year-old grew to become a favorite with Kings followers after recovering from a critical Achilles tendon harm that thwarted his NBL rookie-of-the-year hopes.
He was essential within the back-court for his accuracy from lengthy vary because the Kings received the 2021/22 and 2022/23 titles.
Vasiljevic’s departure left the Kings to restructure underneath new coach Mahmoud Abdelfattah.
In their pursuit of a three-peat, the Kings have lured 2021/22 championship-winner Jaylen Adams again from a season in Europe and signed former NBA first-round draft decide Denzel Valentine.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
