By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net
Paul Zipser, Giorgos Papagiannis and Dario Saric signed their NBA contract are leaving Europe officially behind them.
The German forward Zipser, the 48th pick of the 2016 NBA draft is now a member of the Chicago Bulls and he left the German club Bayern Munich which got a $600.000 buy out, since the player had a contract for next year. The terms of his deal are not announced, but considering his modest salary in Germany and the number he was picked, don’t expect to be something more than a minimum deal.
On the contrary, Giorgos Papagiannis, for whom his former Greek club Panathinaikos got a $650.000 buy out, signed with the Kings and got a four year, $10.344.366 deal. The Greek center was one of the suprises of the 2016 NBA draft after being picked in the 13th spot.
Last but not least, Saric got a $10.750.000 four year deal, being picked in the 2014 draft in the 12th spot. Turkish club Anadolu Efes also gets a buy out for Saric, which was initially reported to be $800.000 back in 2014, but now there are reports pushing this number to $1 million.