2023-07-25 14:16:00
It’s one of the most exciting hallway noises around. Well, it must be said that this moment is not particularly exciting, but even in an exciting moment, the noise of the hallway evoked would be one of the most exciting of the moment.
Le petit frisson is signed by Luca D’Alessandro, a journalist/insider rather well informed about European basketball.
AS Monaco and Olimpia Milano remain the candidates to sign Nikola Mirotic
— Luca D’Alessandro (@DAlessandro_LU) July 24, 2023
After signing Kemba Walker, the Roca Team of Monaco – in competition with Olimpia Milan – would have started chasing Nikola Mirotic. The name has been, since its return to the EuroLeague in the summer of 2019, an ultimate reference in European basketball. At 32, the 2m08 Hispano-Montenegrin strong winger remains on four great individual seasons in Barcelona, which have never met his collective ambition: to win the EuroLeague. First announced in Partizan Belgrade, Nikola Mirotic has finally laid down an iconic bunny at the Serbian club. Everything was almost settled, the main sponsor Mozzart House had already hinted at the arrival of the playerbefore he published a message announcing his about-face on his Instagram account. It was in reaction to this “false plan” that Luca D’Alessandro mentioned Monaco and Milan as the main candidates to sign Mirotic.
Where will the MVP of the 2021-22 EuroLeague season choose to put his bags?
The absence of Monegasque taxation and Russian money, as assets of attractiveness, have largely proven themselves. So much so that the 2023-24 roster is currently untouchable. We draw up a little short-list, with and vertthe new recruits of the Principality’s team.
Leaders : Kemba Walker, Elie Okobo, Matthew Strazel
Rears : Mike James, Jordan Loyd, Yakuba Ouattara
Wingers : Alpha Diallo, Terry Tarpey, Jaron Blossomgame
Power forwards : Peter Cornelius, John Brown III
Pivots : Donatas Motiejūnas, Donta Hall, Mouhammadou Jaiteh
The idea of two separate squads – one for the Betclic Elite, another for the EuroLeague – is beginning to take shape. This, in order to circumvent the luxury tax set up by the LNB. Because yes, this luxury tax only concerns AS Monaco in France. Last season, the Roca Team’s payroll amounted to 10.8 million euros. This year, the authorized salary ceiling will be set at… 8.5 million euros. An amount far from the hypothetical which would allow Monaco’s disproportionate ambitions to be given free rein. Thus, some of the Roca Team players will not even be registered in Betclic Elite. Kemba Walker, whose left knee is announced “gunned down” by his years in Charlotte, could join this configuration and play only EuroLeague matches. The hypothetical XXL salary of Nikola Mirotic would also be complicated to cram under the luxury tax. But no matter the result of the workforce Tetris to which the leaders of the club will indulge: with or without Nikola Mirotic, the C team of Monaco would be a credible candidate for the title of champion of France.
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