Awesome! He gave up all his salary of 20.4 million US dollars, and he only hopes to leave the NBA

No doubt, playing in the NBA is the biggest professional dream of all basketball players in their lives. Because the NBA represents the highest level of basketball in the world, you can not only make a lot of money if you gain a foothold in the NBA, but also make you famous. It is no exaggeration to say that the NBA is a professional stage that countless basketball players want to join, but there are also a very small number of players who suddenly want to leave the NBA at a certain stage of their career! Even if this will make them lose their exposure and even directly lose tens of millions of dollars in salary, they still do whatever they want! What makes Nuggets fans extremely heart-wrenching now is that Jokic's genuine substitute center Valanciunas, whom they just got through a 1-for-1 deal, is one of them.

According to League Alerts exclusive report, Nuggets center Jonas Valanciunas will arrive in Athens tomorrow morning to meet with Greek giant Panasinakos and has verbally agreed to join the European giant club. As Valanciunas stood up and rushed to Athens, Greece to meet with Panasinakos, this means that the Nuggets ultimately failed to convince Valanciunas to stay in the NBA. He still insisted on buying out the contract with the Nuggets and leaving the NBA and turning to the European League.

Shortly after the trading market door opened on July 1 this year, Valanciunas was traded to the Denver Nuggets by his former boss, King Sacramento, in exchange for Dario Salici. In this deal, the Nuggets are almost equivalent to Baizhangwalan, a powerful center with an average of 10+7 per game, which instantly put Nuggets fans in a carnival. Because Jokic finally has a qualified substitute center, Valan joining will inevitably enhance the Nuggets' competitiveness in championship next season!

But what is unexpected is that this veteran center with 13 years of NBA experience is now refusing to play for the Nuggets because he is ready to switch to the European League next season to start a new chapter in his career. It is reported that Valanciunas is eager to "feel his importance" and hopes to push the Nuggets to buy out his remaining contract after this deal. It is reported that Valanciunas has two years left for the contract with the Nuggets, of which 10.4 million was 20.0 million was in the 2025-26 season and 10 million was insecurity in the 2026-27 season.

According to League Alerts, Valanciunas is willing to give up his full salary in the Nuggets ($20.4 million) in order to leave the NBA. This means that in order to successfully leave the NBA and transfer to the Greek giant Panasinakos, Valanciunas can even give up all his salary of up to US$20.4 million. We can only describe Valan's amazing decision as super awesome. From this we can see that Valanciunas is really determined to leave. Now his mind is no longer to continue to stay in the NBA and follow the Nuggets to compete for the championship, but to be eager to recover from his freedom as soon as possible and go to the European arena to represent Panasinacos to play in the game.

Since entering the NBA in 2012, Valanciunas has been in the league for 13 years. In his 13-year NBA career, Rivalan played for the Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, Washington Wizards and Sacramento Kings. He played in a total of 937 regular season games, averaging 13.1 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, and a shooting percentage of 56%; in 58 playoffs, he averaged 13.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, and a shooting percentage of 54.7%.

With Valan being determined to switch to the European League, this means that his 13-year-old NBA will end there. It is particularly worth mentioning that what Panasinacos provides for Valan is nothing more than a three-year contract worth 12 million euros (about 14.1 million US dollars). You should know that if he continues to play in the NBA, his salary next season will be almost as good as his salary in the European League in the next three years. But even so, this still cannot change his determination to give up all his Nuggets' salary and switch to the European League.

It can be seen that what Valanciunas values ​​more now is not money, perhaps it is related to his earning over 100 million in his NNA career in 2013. So, since Valan has decided to leave, we can only wish you blessings! However, it is somewhat of a pity that the fans have failed to see him join hands with Jokic to win the championship next season. What do you think?