Chima Moneke, from Baxi Manresa to the NBA

Chima Moneke He is about to see his big dream come true. The great last season of him in the Baxi Manresa has earned the Nigerian power forward to receive an offer from the Sacramento Kings from NBA and, according to journalist Sean Cunningham, there is already a principle of agreement between the parties. The details are unknown but everything indicates that Moneke will sign a summer contract (‘Exhibit 10’) in the hope of earning a definitive place in the team’s training camp.

Monekeone of the sensations of the last Endesa League and Basketball Champions League MVPknows the technical staff of the Kings well because the coach Mike Brown He was in charge of the Nigerian team in the last Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The agreement with Moneke comes just after the Greek power forward Sasha Vezenkov refused to join Sacramento, a team that owns his NBA rights and that had shown interest in the player of the Olympiakos and former of Barça. Vezenkov prefers to try a new assault on the Euroleague with the team from Piraeus, which is going to offer him a new contract, and try the NBA adventure later and on better financial terms.

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