This was going to be the year that Daniel Theis climbed the EuroLeague pay scale.
At about the time the 6-foot-9 German forward’s agent, Alex Saratsis, was negotiating a free-agent contract with Celtics management last summer, offers had been filed by Real Madrid and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
His two-year contract had just expired with Bamberg in Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga, and after winning his third straight league title with that team, Theis was ready for a sizeable EuroLeague raise.
Certainly more than the guaranteed minimum deal the Celtics were offering.
“Yes, absolutely,” Theis said of whether he could have made more by simply moving to Spain or Israel.