It was to be expected. With the announcement of the Dallas Mavericks of the release of Tyler Dorsey, all the candidates for the European title were going to throw themselves on the former sniper of Olympiakos. Among them, of course, AS Monaco, the first team whose offer is rumored. And what an offer! According to our colleagues from Eurohoops, the Roca Team would offer 1.25 million euros to the Greek international. A colossal amount, with only six months left in the season, which would place him on par with the very best salaries in the EuroLeague, proportionally paid at the height of local star Mike James (two million euros per season ).
One of the executioners of the Roca Team in the spring
It must be said that AS Monaco has already learned the hard way how valuable the man with 107 NBA games (with Atlanta, Memphis and Dallas) could be in a major continental run. Last spring, in the hell of Piraeus, the Texan was thus the X factor of Match 5 which opened the doors of the Final Four to the Greek club (16 points at 6/11). A marvelous three-point shooter (45% this season), to be credited with an average of 11.4 points in 100 EuroLeague games with Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Olympiakos, he went back to try his luck across the Atlantic but vegetated at the end of the day. bench of the Mavericks (3 NBA appearances, including one minute during the Christmas game against the Lakers), being especially sent to the G-League where he had absolutely nothing to do (47 points in Birmingham on December 7).
In absolute terms, AS Monaco would need a new interior, or even a post 3, but there are market opportunities not to be missed. Especially when an envelope was carefully kept in a drawer at Gaston-Médecin, like when Dwayne Bacon had to be brought in during exercise last year… This would at least have the merit of reducing the scope of any medical incident on one of the three stars in the back line, like the difficult streak currently experienced by Jordan Loyd, who, in the space of two weeks, broke his nose and injured his shoulder. A painful memory of Milan which will leave him on the side for three weeks…
Obviously, Monaco will not be alone on the spot. Multiple EuroLeague residents have already expressed interest in Dorsey. In the wake of information from Eurohoops, Sportando revealed that Olympiakos offered 2.5 million euros over a year and a half to his ex-protégé to repatriate him. The competition will be tough.
Also Olympiacos made an offer yesterday to Tyler Dorsey.
Greek team offers 2.5M euros until 2024.
— Alessandro Luigi Maggi (@AlessandroMagg4) December 26, 2022
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December 26, 2022 at 10:56 am
