Ignas Brazdeikis officially joins Olympiacos on long-term deal / News - Basketnews.com

Ignas Brazdekis signed a three-year deal with Olympiacos.

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Olympiacos Piraeus officially announced the acquisition of Lithuanian national team wing Ignas Brazdeikis. Both sides agreed on a three-year contract.

Ignas Brazdeikis

Team:Olympiacos PiraeusPosition:SGAge:24Height:201 cmWeight:98 kgBirth place:Kaunas, LithuaniaProfileNewsStatistics

The Lithuanian club will receive a €500,000 buyout for the transfer, according to BasketNews sources.

"At this stage of the season, you don't want to make a big change, but after receiving an offer from the EuroLeague runners-up, Brazdeikis expressed his desire to leave the team," said Zalgiris Kaunas' director Paulius Jankunas.

"Olympiacos Piraeus also approached us, so we had to look for a common solution and the best conditions in this situation. We expressed our position in the negotiations, and with the other side agreeing to it, we had to take this difficult decision. In any case, we thank Ignas for the year he spent here."

As the team announced, Zalgiris is already looking for a replacement for Brazdeikis.

Brazdeikis, who got injured in the last FIBA World Cup 2023 game, traveled with Zalgiris to a training camp in Cyprus but did not appear on the court in the friendly tournament, where Zalgiris met Olympiacos and Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.

The 24-year-old player, who joined Zalgiris in the summer of 2022, averaged 11.6 points, grabbed 2.9 rebounds, and made 1.3 assists per game in his debut EuroLeague season.

In the Lithuanian league, he scored 8.6 points, grabbed 2.9 rebounds, and had 1.6 assists per game.

Olympiacos Piraeus

Position Player Status PG Thomas Walkup Signed until 2027 PG/SG Nigel Williams-Goss(story) Signed until 2025 PG Alexandros Nikolaidis Signed until 2025 PG Iosif Koloveros Signed until 2025 PG/SG Isaiah Canaan (story) Signed until 2024 SG Giannoulis Larentzakis (story) Signed until 2026 SG Michalis Lountzis Signed until 2024 SG/SF Ignas Brazdeikis(story) Signed until 2026 SG/SF Shaquielle McKissic Signed until 2025 SG/SF George Papas Signed until 2024 SF Kostas Papanikolaou (story) Signed until 2026 PF Alec Peters (story) Signed until 2024 PF Luke Sikma(story) Signed until 2024 +1 PF/C Georgios Tanoulis(story) Signed until 2027 C Moustapha Fall Signed until 2025 C Nikola Milutinov(story) Signed until 2025 Coach Georgios Bartzokas (signed until 2025) Expired contract Kostas Sloukas (will not return), Tarik Black (will not return) Rumored to leave Sasha Vezenkov (will not return), Joel Bolomboy (will not return) Interested Kendrick Nunn

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