Hapoel Tel Aviv Basketball Club signed Vasilije Micic to a 3-year deal as the two-time Euroleague champion joins the reds through the 2027/28 season. Micic will join Hapoel after having spent the past two years in the NBA with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Charlotte Hornets and Phoenix Suns. During his time in world’s greatest league, the Serbian guard averaged 6.8 points, 3.9 assists and 1.8 rebounds in close to 20 minutes per game.

The 31-year old arrives in Tel Aviv with one of the most impressive resumes that includes winning back-to-back Euroleague titles with Anadolu Efes back in the 2021 and 2022 seasons to go along with earning the Most Valuable Player award in both of those Final Fours. In addition, Micic picked up the competition’s MVP award for the entire 2021 campaign where he proved to be unstoppable with close to 17 points along with 5 assists per game as he shot a lights out 49% from the field.

During his career, the 1.91 meter floor general played nine seasons in the Euroleague, with Bayern Munich, Zalgiris Kaunas, Red Star Belgrade and Anadolu Efes. In addition, he also played for Mega Basket in Serbia and Tofas Bursa from Turkey.

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Micic, who is reportedly earning $6 million per season, won domestic league titles in Lithuania, Serbia and Turkey and was also selected to the All- Euroleague First Team in 2021 as well as the Second Team in 2019 and 2022. The Kraljevo, Serbia native was the Euroleague’s leading scorer in 2022 with an average of 18.2 points per game and has also won a silver medal with Serbia in the 2017 Eurobasket and a bronze medal at the most recent 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

During the course of his Euroleague career, Micic posted fantastic numbers, 13.1 points, 4.8 assists, 2.4 rebounds, 1.0 steals, 53.7% from two, 36.4% from three and dozens of unforgettable moments to the delight of his fans worldwide.

With the addition to Micic, Hapoel Tel Aviv has added an impressive cadre of new players over the course of the summer with the likes of Colin Malcolm, Tyler Ennis, Daniel Oturu, Elijah Bryant, Tai Odiase and Itay Segev to go along with Tomer Ginat, Yam Madar, Anotnio Blakeney, Bar Timor, Guy Palatin and Oz Blayzer. The Reds will also most likely add another pair of players in guards Chris Jones and Iftach Ziv in the upcoming days.

Vasilije Micic spoke about coming aboard to play for the Reds, “I am very excited to join Hapoel Tel Aviv and to be part of the upcoming historic season, the club’s debut campaign in the Euroleague. I was very impressed with the project that Hapoel is building and the ambitions as well as the vision for the future is clear.”

“I was happy to talk to coach Dimitrios Itoudis and I am excited to work with him. I hope to help the team succeed and meet the high expectations. I can’t wait to get started, get to Tel Aviv and give my all for the team and the amazing fans. Yalla Hapoel!”

The Club’s owner Ofer Yanay commented on the signing, “This is an unprecedented achievement at the level of European sports. We wish Vasilije great success. Thank you to the team management, the coach and the professional team. Thank you to the agents Igor Crespo and Matan Siman Tov for their professionalism and dedication. Yalla Hapoel.”

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Head Coach Dimitris Itoudis also spoke about the prestigious signing, “We are happy and excited to welcome Vasa (Vasilije) Micic to the Hapoel Tel Aviv family. Ofer Yanay and I were impressed from our first conversation with Vasa last December, which was the moment it all began, by his commitment to hard work, leadership and strong desire to return to playing in the Euroleague and take Hapoel Tel Aviv to new heights. We are happy that Vasa brings with him experience, work ethic and leadership on the court. We are very excited to start working with him and all of our players and to build the new Hapoel Tel Aviv together.”

“Hapoel Tel Aviv fans,” continued the Greek bench boss, “As I have said many times, you can sleep peacefully. We have leaders like Ofer Yanay, Gili Raanan and Miki Malka, who are working to build the best team possible. Special thanks to Gili Raanan and Miki Malka, who gave their full support to complete the deal. A big thank you also to the management who worked diligently on all the little details. Yalla Hapoel!”

George Hinas, the club’s general manager added, “Today is a big and historic day for our club, as we welcome Vasa to the Hapoel Tel Aviv family. I would like to thank Ofer Yanay for his central role in bringing Vasa to the club. His personal actions were significant and decisive in completing the deal. Vasa is a true winner, a player of the highest level and he will help the club achieve its goals under the guidance of the legendary coach Dimitris Itoudis.”