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What creates this tight-knit community among European players, even beyond their active playing days? Marcin Gortat: We have similar cultures. That shows who we are; we have the same values, culture, and jokes, and we can spot the same issue or situation in a room. For example, you have one of the guys walking into the locker room with a golden grill and shiny diamonds, and he steps in, smiling all over the place. Everybody else thinks it is normal. Then all of a sudden me, Jan Vesely, or Tomáš Satoranský, “We’re sitting here looking at this like, what is this? This guy looks like a clown. He's wearing gold diamond teeth. It's ridiculous.” Next, you see an African-American coach walking in with his super baggy clothes. I'm talking about a potato bag hanging on him as a suit, and we're looking at him, like, "What the hell is this?" We all crack jokes, like “You could make three suits out of this material; why would you make this suit? You look like an idiot in this suit.” So, we see those differences. We, as European guys, can spot a lot of things the same way. And we can catch a lot of things the same way we speak about when Americans talk about Sunday football, weekend Premier League games, or Barcelona-Real Madrid games, so we just have a different culture and different values and different things that are interesting for us.
GeorgeZakkas: Panathinaikos tried to sign Jan Vesely and offered €1M to Barcelona to let him leave. The Greek team also offered a €4M two-year contract to the experienced player. But, according to @SdnaGr sources, Barca denied the offer and Vesely will stay in his team. The Greens will…
Although he had to take a pay cut the last year when Fenerbahce started the rebuild with a reduced budget, Vesely remains the highest-paid Fenerbahce player. According to BasketNews sources, his salary is around €2.6-2.8M for the upcoming season.
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The Czech Republic national team will fight for a spot in the 2021 Olympic games through the qualifying tournament in Canada and coach Ronen Ginzburg has decided on the 12 players that he will count on. Tomas Satoransky and Jan Vesely lead the list which also includes the following names: Patrik Auda, Ondrej Balvin, Jaromir Bohacik, Lukas Palyza, Martin Peterka, Patrick Samoura, Blake Schilb, Ondrej Sehnal, Jakub Sirina, Tomas Vyoral.
Emiliano Carchia: Fenerbahce's Vice President Semih Ozsoy says that nobody made an offer for Jan Vesely: "We were with Jan a moment ago. He is happy here. Our fans can rest assured"
Vesely, De Colo staying in Europe
Nando De Colo and Jan Vesely will stay with Fenerbahce Beko for the 2020-2021 season according to Eurohoops sources, despite rumors pointing to the opposite. De Colo signed a 2+1 contract with the Turkish powerhouse in 2019 while Vesely is under a contract through 2022.
The Czech Republic made it to the FIBA World Cup for the first time, but will not have Jan Vesely at China, the Czech Basketball Federation, CBF, announced on Monday. The 29-year-old forward/center is still rehabbing after his knee injury and will not be medically cleared for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
Emiliano Carchia: Jan Vesely of Fenerbahce named Euroleague MVP of the season
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Fenerbahce wants to continue with Zeljko Obradovic in the head coach position until the 58-year-old Serb decides to retire. Semih Ozsoy, deputy of the chairman of the Turkish side, expressed his team’s view toward the legendary coach talking to Turkish NTV and also revealed that Jan Vesely’s contract will be extended. “We are going to extend Vesely’s contract for three more years” he mentioned on the 28-year-old Czech forward and added: “Everybody is after him”.
Emiliano Carchia: Despite the statements made by Fenerbahce vicepresident, there is no agreement yet with Jan Vesely on a three-year contract extension. The discussions between Fenerbahce and the player are ongoing. The goal of Fenerbahce is, of course, to keep Jan Vesely with a long-term contract
Jan Vesely not closing door on NBA
Jonas Miklovas: Talked to Jan Vesely, currently Euroleague PIR leader (15 PPG, 5,4 RPG, 2,8 APG, 1,7 SPG, 85% FTs (!) and 21,8 PIR) about his thoughts of returning to NBA. "I’ve never closed the door on NBA. If the opportunity is right, I will consider it. But now my focus is on the team, Fener" About being called a "bust" in US: "That’s their opinion. I went there young and that was the lockout year, that might have been one of the problems. It was not easy. I have nothing to prove. I’m proving that I can play basketball, I’m doing it here".
With Jan Vesely and Tomas Satoransky producing big on both ends, Czech Republic beat Italy 87 – 80 in a prep tournament held in Hamburg, Germany ahead of September’s World Cup Qualifiers. Vesely scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Satoransky posted a double-double of 14 points and 10 assists. Vojtech Hruban added 15 points for the Czech national team.
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