The Serie A powerhouse signed the former Nuggets forward. Can he recover his form after returning to the European arena?

Serie A powerhouse Olimpia Milano officially announced that the team has signed Slovenian striker Vlatko Cancar, who was previously in free agency, with a multi-year contract.

Qian Chal was born in April 1997. He is 28 years old, 203cm tall and weighs 107kg. He is the Nuggets' 49th pick in the second round in the 2017 NBA Draft. Qian Chal has been playing for the Nuggets before. He also became an important rotation player for the team in the regular season in the 2022-23 season. Although he has reduced playing time during the playoffs, he has also made his own contribution to the team's final championship. However, in the summer of 2023, when he represented Slovenia in the men's basketball World Cup warm-up match, Qian Chal suffered a serious injury. In the warm-up match against Greece, he suffered a torn cruciate ligament on his left knee, which also led to his full-season reimbursement for the 2023-24 season. Until last summer, he finally completed his comeback, but his condition after his comeback was also very disappointing, and there was a significant decline compared to before his injury.

In the NBA regular season last season, Qian Chal played 13 games in total due to injury, averaging 10.4 minutes per game, with averaging 1.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.2 steals, and 0.2 blocks, as well as 0.8 turnovers and 0.8 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 38.5% and a three-point shooting percentage of 26.7%. In the playoffs last season, Qian Chal played 3 games in total, with only 3.6 minutes per game, and only had a pitiful 0.7 rebounds and 0.7 turnovers. He did not score 1 point during the period, nor did he record any other data. Qian Chal's performance last season was very disappointing. His scoring ability declined seriously, his offensive efficiency was a mess, and his performance on the defensive end was also very bad. It can be said that he did not show any competitiveness. Therefore, the Nuggets did not offer a contract renewal for Monchar this summer, and he also became a free agent. Considering that he has never been able to get a contract from an NBA team before, it seems that his market conditions are not ideal, and it is reasonable for him to choose to return to the European arena in this situation.

For Qian Chal, he is actually still young and he is at the peak of his career. The problem is that his injury situation seems to have seriously affected his condition, and his recovery is actually not ideal. His condition after he returned from injury was really declining significantly compared to before. I wonder if Qian Chal can regain his confidence through his performance in the European arena. Will he still have a chance to return to the top?