The European Championship at the service of those who didn't know where they would play next season.
Three prominent players who came to Eurobasket with uncertainty and demonstrated good ability, found at the end of the tournament their home for the upcoming season.
Matias Punitka, who led Poland to a great achievement (the semi-finals) and gave a great championship (it is not clear how he was not selected for the fifth of the tournament) closed in Panathinaikos.
Before the tournament, the Zenit St. Petersburg player had no offers from the Euroleague teams last season and he temporarily signed with the Italian club Rio Emilia.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas (right).
Now he is in Turkey,
After the championship he already had to choose from several offers, and in the end - the Pole should land in Pau.
The Greek team will pay 100,000 dollars for his release to Rejo Emilia, who will take the money after Punitka did not even play a medical game for her.
Having previously been a Knicks player, Lithuanian forward Mindaugas Kuzminskas' return to Europe was not successful and he changed teams every season.
He arrived at the European Championship without a contract but during it he returned to impress and signed with the Turkish Karşıka.
Mathias Punitka.
Find a job, photo: from Twitter
The third one for whom the European Championship did the job is Toma Hertel, who signed with Zenit Petersburg following an impressive tournament he provided.
Yesterday we reported that he probably ended his career in the national team, following the strong desire to play in Russia.
Today we received confirmation of this when the French federation announced that if Hertel plays even a single game in Russia - he will be immediately removed from the national team.
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