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when will nba take this European basket seriously
In few years all the stars will be gone. Who will be next Kobe, Tim, Allen...
Via ESPN
New Jersey Nets free agent Nenad Krstic signed a two year deal worth $3 million euros per year with Triumph Moscow early Tuesday morning, Krstic's agent, Marc Cornstein, said.
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The salary is the equivalent of around $9 million per year in the United States once you factor in the exchange rate and the fact that European clubs pay all the players' taxes.
Cornstein worked until midnight Eastern time trying to find an NBA team willing to pay Krstic at least a mid-level contract to keep him in the NBA. But as the midnight deadline passed, Krstic became the sixth NBA player to recently bolt the league for Europe.
"At the end of the day, Triumph offered him the most love," Cornstein told ESPN.com. "This was too good of a deal to pass up for him."
Krstic joins Josh Childress, Bostjan Nachbar, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jorge Garbajosa, Carlos Delfino and Primoz Brezec as NBA players who opted to play for more money overseas this year. Three of the six are Cornstein clients.
Krstic was having a near All-Star season in 2007 when he injured his ACL. His comeback last season was slow and at the end of the day teams opted against offering him the contract Cornstein was seeking, a two year deal (with a player option for the third year) starting at around $5 million per season.
The interest from a relatively unknown team in Russia, Triumph, will certainly raise even more eyebrows. It's one thing when Euroleague powerhouses like Olympiacos sign Childress. But when non-Euroleague teams like Triumph start being able to outbid NBA teams ... has the pendulum swung entirely the other way?
"I think you almost have NBA teams being overly cautious at this point," one Eastern Conference GM told Insider. "With so many teams so close to the luxury tax, teams are unwilling to take risks. Krstic was a risk. A small one, but a risk. We are certainly seeing the effects of the collective bargaining agreement this year. But these things are cyclical. If lots of team had cap room, Childress, Krstic and others would be playing in the NBA."
Well he was a risk, but a 7 foot center for the MLE would have been a bargain.
funny to me
when will nba take this European basket seriously
In few years all the stars will be gone. Who will be next Kobe, Tim, Allen...
Yeah, I can see where becoming a millionaire in Russia and then having to fear for you and your families lives from the organized crime who just likes to kill people because they have money would be a better choice.
Anyone have that recent David Stern quote on how all this is actually a good thing for the NBA and it's effort for globalization?
Because there's none of that here in the states. I'm pretty sure well off rich black guys have never been targeted by even the lower level theives.
Ever been there? No? Thanks for playing.
Now if you wanna talk about what a hole Argentina is...
LOL, so does that means NBA will have trouble finding new scrubs, and our quality of play in garbage time will significantly decline?
After this month, Marc will be known by the nickname "Mother Lode Cornstein".
I love how they equate "love" to money.
I have and my Mother lived there for two years. I don't see any additional liability other than cold weather.
I liken you to the Euros who are scared of Texas because we have guns and ride those big horses to school and work.
We Texans are perty scary, huh.
The new GM was quoted as saying, "It's great to add such a quality player to the roster. Mr. Krstic is a really good...
FOR ME TO POOP ON!
Dude, the Mob doesn't just go around messing with high-profile international athletes. That's stupid.
I knew overseas team will draw more and more NBA players away....Its sad fact but with no cap restriction, overseas team can throw as much money as they want and they will....I clearly remember in Soccer (football) how Real Madrid bought all superstars and no 1 pick like there's no tomorrow..Olympiakos might do that in the future,God forbid. Im getting sick and tired TAU keep messing up with SA draft prospects. It is a challenge Stern how to figure out, after all one high school top draft prospect already gone overseas. This young kid never played in NBA at all, and if he likes being superstar overseas with less games, that will be a bad sign. It is possible many will follow....becasue more NBA players overseas will make overseas game more interesting, with less games than NBA got they can stay fresh and be superstar at the same time, and make money
Another team in Moscow and his suburbs.
Triumph has signed Krstic, Khimky has signed Delfino, Dynamo has signed Nachbar and CSKA is the best team in Europe.
It start to looks quite problemtic for the NBA. There will have some rivalry in the Russian league and given that some owners have very deep pockets, I don't see how they won't spend more and more money.
I don't think it's a good thing for the NBA and the basketball.
It's obvious why it could hurt the NBA and while globalization is a positive, I don't find healthy the way basketball grows in Europe. It should grow around fan bases and not rich owners.
I didn't really care who went overseas till Krstic did. This blows.
u been watching too many movies. There are millions of rich ppl in russia. Kristic has more chance to get run over by the team bus.
this is a good point. I also beleive quality of NBA will decrease overall. Yeah, they will still have their lebrons, Kobes, but the scrubs and even some role players will be 10x more scrubby than now.
I also want to mention the role of his agents....Kristic agents is the one who responsible signing couple of NBA players overseas. Sport agents will look into this opportunity more and more each days....they can influence NBA players to take that step visiting Greece,Moskow,or wherever and next thing u know NBA star got hook up and sign. It is part of sport agent job description anyway....All sport agents want is his players to sign large contracts due to nature of his income is thru commisions from the deal. Whether it is NBA team or not it doesnt really matter, its all about benjamin..or should i said Euros ( I heard it got more value than US$)
Seriously, are you guys leaving sentences and phrases out?
Are these telegrams?
Headlines lifted from the Drudge Report?
Slokar plays for Triumph, right?
Who said he doesn't appreciate what they do? ..and to your point, they aren't exactly protecting our rights or freedoms at this juncture. They are fighting for no relevant point. Also, there is no question America is the best country? You've lived or been everywhere else in the world, and you know that for a fact? Statements like this bother me. It's your opinion -- just like what he stated was his opinion.
Statements like this bother me...since our boys are putting their lives on the line for people like you that do not appreciate that thanks to them...The Unites States of America is the best country in the world...No Question!!!!
Please accept that we may not be perfect but we are the best...ask the millions of inmigrants that live and work with you, daily! And the billions that would love to have the opportunities that you and I have. God bless you and our country!
You are right right, now most player who's gone overseas are scrubs. Im just afraid that quality role player also gone. Josh Childress is not a scrub and so does Barndon Jennings who is a high school superstar. According to ESPN.com he is rank no 1 and can go deep in draft. USC and Arizona also beg him to go school there,but he went overseas instead. By the way our loser Splitter also staying with Tau and with that kind of money I dunno if Spurs will ever can and want him back. More and more young and quality NBA players/draft is thinking possible alternatives other than NBA. Oh big mouth Marbury also want to go to Italy, I dunno if he is a scrub or not,probably player in decline. He's hoping to get Beckham like deal but I dunno Italy team want him that bad. Most likely he's stuck in Knicks until his huge contract expired
I hear Sasha also use overseas card to push Lakers on the deal, I think many FA will follow.
For the sake of the NBA, not the game of basketball, but rather the NBA, the US needs to win Gold in Beijing. The shrinking US dollar is definately a factor in players like Krstic, Childress and co. bolting for Europe but the overall luster, appeal and aura of the NBA has taken a tumble in the past few years; winning Gold convincingly I think takes a step towards restoring that.
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