Victor Wembanyama has opted out of his contract with ASVEL Villeurbanne and is signing a two-year contract with Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 from Paris.

Wembanyama is the projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft.

Wembanyama was pursued by teams and leagues around the globe, including G League Ignite, the Australian NBL, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Paris Basket and many others.

Wembanyama had an opt-out clause in his contract with ASVEL that needed to be executed by June 29th.

Wembanyama played 33 of 76 possible games this season in the Euroleague and France, dealing with several minor injuries which played a role in his departure. 

Tomas Satoransky is returning to Barcelona after six years in the NBA. Satoransky played for Barca for two seasons before joining the Washington Wizards in the NBA in 2016.

Barcelona is reportedly signing Satoransky to a four-year contract. Importantly, the deal for the veteran guard includes no NBA outs.

Satoransky played for Washington for parts of four seasons during his six-year NBA career. He also played for the Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs while in the NBA.

Marc Gasol led his Girona club back to the top league in Spain as an owner/player this past season. Now, Gasol will be back to lead the club in their return to the ACB.

Gasol started in all 25 games he played for Girona last season. He averaged 14.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 25.2 minutes per game.

Gasol founded the current Girona club in 2014. He previously played for a former club in Girona, but that franchise folded. Gasol then founded this version and has taken an active hand in leading the team up the league flights over the last few years.

Free agent guard Tomas Satoransky is reportedly close to leaving the NBA. Satoransky is closing in on a deal with Barcelona in Spain.

The Czech Republic guard has played in the NBA for the last six seasons. Satoransky was originally drafted by the Washington Wizards in the in the second round of the 2012 NBA Draft. He then came over to the NBA in 2016.

Before coming to the NBA, the 6-foot-7 guard played for Barcelona for two seasons. It appears he'll return to the club and team with countryman Jan Vesely, who is reportedly close to moving to Barca from Turkish club Fenerbahce.

Satoransky played for the New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs last season, before returning to Washington to finish the year.

Nikola Jokic will play for the Serbia national team this offseason, the basketball federation announced.

“The NBA players have a maximum amount of days they can spend with the national team of their country during the offseason,” said national team director Dragan Tarlac on the agreement between FIBA and the NBA. “Nikola Jokic will be with the national team the first day he can, according to these restrictions.”

Jokic last played for Serbia in 2019 in the FIBA World Cup, where he averaged 11.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

While Jokic is likely to miss the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers against Latvia and Belgium, he may be ready for the European Qualifiers and EuroBasket in late August and early September. 

Victor Wembanyama of France is widely considered to be the top prospect in the 2023 NBA Draft. The 7-foot-2 forward/center has shown great skill, despite still being raw.

Now, Wembanyama is reportedly considering changing clubs in France. He's currently with ASVEL but is looking for more playing time elsewhere. The rumored leading club for his services is Paris Basketball.

This season, Wembanyama appeared in 33 games for ASVEL with 19 starts. The 18-year-old big man averaged 7.5 points on 41.5% shooting from the field. Despite his height, Wembanyama is still more of a perimeter player than an inside player at this point in his development.

French prospect Rayan Rupert has signed a contract with the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian national basketball league, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

The 18-year-old Rupert is currently projected as the 21st pick of the 2023 NBA Draft by ESPN.

Rupert has drawn comparisons with Mikal Bridges due to his versatility and intensity on defense. 

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri did not hold back in a letter he wrote to the Nigerian government on their decision to withdraw the men's and women's national basketball teams from competitions for two years. Ujiri was joined in his criticism by Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka. Both Ujiri and Udoka are of Nigerian descent.

FIBA recently had to replace the Nigerian women's team in the 2022 Women's World Cup. The men's team is also expected to be removed from qualifiers for the 2023 Men's World Cup.

“The leaders of the basketball ecosystem in Nigeria continue to rob our youth of their present and future while tearing the entire basketball community apart — this needs to stop,” Ujiri wrote.

Udoka stressed that the dysfunction has existed for years.

“A lot of the same stuff I dealt with as a player, which is disappointing,” said Udoka, while he also said the federation suffers from disorganization at the very top.

Michael Beasley is returning to basketball and has signed a deal with the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association, reported Shams Charania of The Athletic.

The deal is worth seven figures.

Beasley last played in the NBA for the Lakers during the 2018-19 season.