Nikola Vucevic is officially a member of Philadelphia. Yesterday, the Montenegrin national team initialed the contract with the Sixers, and then did the first training session with his new teammates.
Due to visa problems, the former Buducnost Volija center left for America only on Thursday, there were fears that he would not make it to the beginning of the training camp to initial the contract.
However, everything was completed in the best possible way. The length of the cooperation was not announced on the Philadelphia website.
"I was worried. Issuing a visa is a long process. The people who work at the embassy in Montenegro were extremely pleasant and allowed me to finish everything earlier than it should have. I had to do everything in a hurry, I'm glad that now here," Vucevic told reporters before the start of Philadelphia's training session.
The XNUMXth pick from the last draft, who was already nicknamed Nick by the American media, pointed out that he is ready.
"I know that I don't have much time to get used to it, only two weeks, as opposed to eight when the season is full. However, I came prepared," explained Vucevic.
Sixers coach Doug Collin expressed his satisfaction that the talented center gained valuable experience playing for Buducnost Volija during the lockout.
"He was in a situation to play with older players than him, and some of them have NBA experience. That is very important for him, for his progress," explained Collins, who has been on the Philadelphia bench since 2010.
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