{"id":119579,"date":"2026-05-01T23:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/zalgiris-targeting-jonas-valanciunas-with-an-offer-talkbasket-net\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:22:48","slug":"zalgiris-targeting-jonas-valanciunas-with-an-offer-talkbasket-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/zalgiris-targeting-jonas-valanciunas-with-an-offer-talkbasket-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Zalgiris targeting Jonas Valanciunas with an offer &#8211; TalkBasket.net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: fiba.basketball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zalgiris Kaunas has taken concrete steps to bring Jonas Valanciunas back to Europe, reportedly putting forward a strong contract offer.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal includes a guaranteed two-year deal with an option for an additional season, along with a salary of at least \u20ac2 million for the first year, signaling serious intent from the Lithuanian club.<\/p>\n<p>However, Zalgiris are not alone in pursuing the veteran big man. Valanciunas is still under contract with the Denver Nuggets for another season, but his situation remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>The team holds the flexibility to move on from his deal this summer, either by terminating the contract or potentially trading him, which could open the door for a return to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Currently tied to an NBA contract through July 8, 2026, Valanciunas\u2019 future depends on how Denver approaches roster decisions after free agency begins.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a reduced role this season, he remained productive, appearing in 65 games and providing efficient scoring and rebounding in limited minutes, shooting over 58% from the field.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zalgiris have made a strong offer to Jonas Valanciunas, proposing a guaranteed two-year deal worth at least 2 million euros per season \ud83d\udcb0\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9<\/p>\n<p>More details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzXRNBbsLP\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/DzXRNBbsLP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QxzHLClqtw\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/QxzHLClqtw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BasketNews (@BasketNews_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasketNews_com\/status\/2050249611575529635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkbasket.net\/217512-zalgiris-targeting-jonas-valanciunas-with-an-offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: fiba.basketball Zalgiris Kaunas has taken concrete steps to bring Jonas Valanciunas back to Europe, reportedly putting forward a strong contract offer. The proposal includes a guaranteed two-year deal with an option for an additional season, along with a salary of at least \u20ac2 million for the first year, signaling serious intent from the Lithuanian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}