\n Position \n Age \n Height \n Weight \n Birth place In a lengthy interview with Mozzart Sport<\/a>, Kamenjasevic discussed the growing financial power of European clubs, Dubai’s own spending reputation, and the possibility of even bigger names eventually making the move from the NBA to Europe.<\/p>\n Kamenjasevic welcomes potential Jokic move <\/p>\n While discussing Panathinaikos’ aggressive approach on the market, Kamenjasevic said he would have no issue with the Greek powerhouse making an even bigger splash in the future.<\/p>\n “What Panathinaikos have done is legitimate to me. God willing, let them sign Jokic next year. God willing. That would be good for the EuroLeague,” Kamenjasevic said.<\/p>\n “That is how I look at it. I don’t look at it like, ‘What are they doing now? What is this?’ Great. Great if they do it.”<\/p>\n The Dubai executive used Panathinaikos as an example while pushing back against the narrative surrounding his own club’s spending.<\/p>\n “But don’t constantly mention Dubai in a negative context because of money, when money is absolutely not the most important thing,” he added.<\/p>\n Kamenjasevic acknowledged that Dubai have increased their budget but maintained that the club is not among the biggest spenders in the competition.<\/p>\n “Imagine if Dubai said we made Jokic an offer” Dejan Kamenjasevic<\/p>\n Credit Dubai Basketball<\/p>\n Kamenjasevic had already brought up Jokic earlier in the interview while discussing the different reactions to transfer rumors involving Dubai.<\/p>\n He questioned how the basketball public would respond if his club publicly claimed to have approached the Serbian superstar.<\/p>\n “When a club owner comes out and publicly says that he made Jokic an offer, that’s fine. We all applaud and say, ‘What a great guy, what a great person,'” Kamenjasevic said.<\/p>\n “Imagine if Dubai had done that. Imagine if I came out and said, ‘We made Jokic an offer.’ How would you look at us? What would happen?”<\/p>\n When the interviewer suggested that people would probably assume Dubai had offered Jokic $200 million, Kamenjasevic agreed.<\/p>\n “Exactly. That’s it,” he responded.<\/p>\n “Westbrook was “never” an option for Dubai <\/p>\n The conversation came while Kamenjasevic was addressing reports that had linked former NBA MVP Russell Westbrook with both Dubai and Hapoel.<\/p>\n Kamenjasevic firmly denied that Dubai had ever pursued him.<\/p>\n “First of all, I don’t like it because it’s a lie. Let me say that immediately. Who can bring Westbrook to Dubai or Hapoel?” he said.<\/p>\n He then made clear there had been no contact with the player or his representatives.<\/p>\n “They linked us with Westbrook. Okay, great. Westbrook, whom I neither know nor know his agent, we never contacted him,” Kamenjasevic said.<\/p>\n According to Kamenjasevic, Dubai’s name can sometimes be used in transfer speculation because of the perception surrounding the club’s financial power.<\/p>\n “Of course, they can also create their own schemes that way because of Dubai, because Dubai is a name which, when you mention it, might improve your contract somewhere else,” he explained.<\/p>\n “We cannot influence that. I really cannot influence that.”<\/p>\n Kamenjasevic nevertheless left the door open for Dubai to pursue an even bigger name at some point in the future.<\/p>\n “You know who we bring in or who we want to bring in, and you know what vision we have. I didn’t say that in the future we won’t bring in an even bigger name,” he concluded.<\/p>\n
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