Former Sacramento Kings ahead Sasha Vezenkov endured a tricky 2023/24 marketing campaign, his solely season within the NBA.
His agent, Nikos Lotsos, mentioned the 6’9″ shooter’s choice to come back to the league was influenced extra by exterior expectations than his personal motivation, which impacted his efficiency.
Lotsos additionally pointed to an absence of backing from then-head coach Mike Brown.
“Everybody else wished him apart from Brown,” he mentioned, by way of Stavros Barbarousis and George Adamopoulos of Eurohoops.
In his view, the absence of help from the teaching employees contributed to Vezenkov being unable to safe a constant function within the rotation.
In 42 video games, Vezenkov averaged 5.4 factors, 2.3 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 12.2 minutes per recreation.
He shot 44.0% from the sphere, 37.5% from three-point vary, and round 80% from the free-throw line.
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