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Fenerbahce reportedly reach agreement with Nemanja Bjelica / News - Basketnews.com

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Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul have reached an agreement in principle with Nemanja Bjelica, according to Ugur Ozan Sulak of Socrates.

Nemanja Bjelica

Nemanja  BjelicaTeam:Golden State WarriorsPosition:PFAge:34Height:209 cmWeight:106 kgBirth place:Belgrade, SerbiaProfileNewsStatistics

The contract is for two years, via the report. Despite the interest from the NBA and other suitors from Europe, Bjelica chose to return to Fenerbahce after 7 years.

The 34-year-old Serbian is a freshly baked NBA champion.

Although he had a limited role in offense, Bjelica was vital for the Golden State Warriors on the defensive end, playing in 71 regular-season games and averaging 6.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per contest.

Prior to his long tenure in the NBA, Bjelica established his name in Europe. He became the EuroLeague regular-season MVP and earned the All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2015 when averaged 12.1 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.9 assists over 29 games for Fenerbahce.

He navigated his team to the EuroLeague Final Four but Fener finished fourth.

During his two years in Istanbul (2013-15), Bjelica became the Turkish League champion in 2014.

For his career across the Atlantic, Nemanja Bjelica owns NBA averages of 7.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists in 449 appearances between the Minnesota Timberwolves (2015-18), Sacramento Kings (2018-21), Miami Heat (2021), and Warriors (2021-22).

Current roster

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul

Position Player Status PG Scottie Wilbekin (story) Signed until 2025 PG Ismet Akpinar(story) Signed until 2023 SG Melih Mahmutoglu(story) Signed until 2024 SG Sehmus Hazer Signed until 2024 SF Marko Guduric Signeduntil 2023 SF Dyshawn Pierre Signeduntil 2023 +1 SF/PF Metecan Birsen Signed until 2023 + 1 PF Achille Polonara Signed until 2023 +1 PF/C Samet Geyik(story) Signed until 2023 C Devin Booker Signeduntil 2023 C Johnathan Motley(story) Signed until 2024 C Tonye Jekiri (story) Signed until 2023 +1 Coach Dimitris Itoudis(story) Expired contract Nando De Colo (will not return), Tarik Biberovic, Danilo Barthel (will not return), Jan Vesely (will not return), Ahmet Duverioglu (will not return), Jehyve Floyd (will not return), Markel Starks (will not return) Rumored to leave Aleksandar Djordjevic (will not return), Pierria Henry (will not return) Interested Nick Calathes (story), Nikola Milutinov, Nemanja Bjelica (story)

See all the EuroLeague transfer market newshere.

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