GINOBILI to GALATASARAY

[turkish spurs fan]

not only nba, but also a euroleague legend manu ginobili's way to galatasaray, turkey.

http://farkliduyumculuk.blogspot.com/2011/11/ginobili-galatasaraya-dogru.html

[baseline bum]

Hey, lan ibne!

[MmP]

i doubt manu is moving there, especially now with 2 kids

[turkish spurs fan]

Hey, lan ibne!

Aynı şeyi senin bacına deseler hoşuna gider mi la

[lefty]

Evet evet

Izgara Kofte, Ayran, Ibrahim Tatlises, Burak Kut, Macela dolu Amerika, Turgutreis

[ersinert]

Aynı şeyi senin bacına deseler hoşuna gider mi la

sakin beyler :) easy fellas

[lefty]

Evet evet

[buttsR4rebounding]

Doesn't the fact that players have the opportunity to play elsewhere undercut the the players contention that the lock out prevents them from plying their trade?

[ElNono]

Doesn't the fact that players have the opportunity to play elsewhere undercut the the players contention that the lock out prevents them from plying their trade?

Players under contract with the NBA still require the NBA's explicit approval of the foreign contract.

Also, the player's claim doesn't center on "being prevented from plying their trade", but on the NBA's exerting it's monopoly power to brake down the bargaining process (AFAIK, anyways).

[weebo]

Players under contract with the NBA still require the NBA's explicit approval of the foreign contract.

Also, the player's claim doesn't center on "being prevented from plying their trade", but on the NBA's exerting it's monopoly power to brake down the bargaining process (AFAIK, anyways).

Wait a minute, how can the NBA have a monopoly on basketball when these players are jumping at the chance and playing in other leagues around the globe? By playing in Europe, Israel, or other some such place, seems to me like it undermines the players claim that the NBA is keeping them from earning a living playing basketball.

[eric365]

Players are claiming that the NBA is blocking them in the US
And that's true

[Bruno]

AFAIK, antitrust cases in the US are limited to the US market. It's hard to argue against NBA having a monopoly on professional basketball in the US.

[ElNono]

Wait a minute, how can the NBA have a monopoly on basketball when these players are jumping at the chance and playing in other leagues around the globe? By playing in Europe, Israel, or other some such place, seems to me like it undermines the players claim that the NBA is keeping them from earning a living playing basketball.

No NBA player under contract can sign a contract overseas without the NBA signing off on it first. That the NBA is signing off on them now doesn't mean they can't change their mind at any given time and stop approving said deals.

And, again, my understanding of the player's claim so far isn't that the NBA is keeping them from earning a living playing basketball. The claim centers on the teams colluding and using their monopoly power to fix salaries (group boycott), and are demanding $6 billion in damages ($2 billion treble damage).