Keith Pompey of philly.com has tweeted out that Nemanja Bjelica has chosen to stay in overseas for the upcoming season and the primary reason is because he wants to be with his family. Pompey also tweeted that Bjelica had passport problems which prevented him from having a physical with the Philadelphia 76ers. This comes after Bjelica agreed to a deal with the club on July 5th, 2018.
A deal is never final until the player signs on the dotted line. That’s exactly what happened in this case with the Sixers and Bjelica.