Olympiacos: The data on Mirotic, anti-Sluka and… Larentzakis

The departures of Sasha Vezenkov and Kosta Sluka they complicated things in terms of its design Olympiakou, however in the red and white KAE they were prepared for any eventuality and are determined to do whatever it takes to fill the gaps in the best way possible and come out of these losses equally strong, if not stronger. In fact, they also have a very significant budget at their disposal, since the Vezenkov-Sluka contracts and the buy-out of the former for the NBA, an amount of approximately 5 million euros was saved.

THE Nikola Mirotic was from the beginning the number “1” target to replace Vezenkov. Olympiacos had very good communication with the player’s side, but the case has become difficult, without yet being “wrecked”. Although the involvement of Panathinaikos in the case is not confirmed, the 33-year-old ace it is in high demand in the market, with Armani Milan and Monaco seem willing to offer huge sums to acquire him. The Piraeus they are not going to go into an auction process, as they remain true to their philosophy that they will not pay any player more money than their objective market value. If Mirotic “breaks” for good, Olympiacos will probably turn to the NBA, since the options from Europe are minimal.

As for his replacement Kostas Sloukaspriority has been given to the acquisition of a player with the ability to execute and the long shot, since Piraeus believe that they can cover the deficit in creation with Walkup and Williams-Goss. Some options from the EuroLeague are considered here (although there are not many), but maybe for this position it will be necessary to turn to the NBA.

In the meantime, Olympiacos is expected to “run” the issue of renewing his contract in the near future Giannouli Larentzakis. The 29-year-old guard is committed to one more season with the “red and whites”, but they intend to extend his contract early. It is possible that very soon there will be developments in this particular case and that “Lari” will… take root in the Greek trunk of the dabluchos, which does not… take any more losses.