Panathinaikos’ owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos on Jonas Valanciunas: “We want to sign him, he wants to join us, if his team doesn’t say ‘yes’, what can we do?” (Via Instagram

The announcement from the Nuggets comes amid rumors that the big man is entertaining the idea of seeking a contract with Panathinaikos in Greece. The Nuggets traded Dario Šarić to the Sacramento Kings in return for Valančiūnas on July 1,

Greece’s Panathinaikos was rumored to be his planned destination rather than the Nuggets, but it did not sound like this was ever communicated to the Nuggets. Because Jonas is still under contract, he would need to be released from that to be able to play in Greece.