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http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...players_112811
China could block NBA players return
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports 4 hours, 48 minutes ago
The Chinese Basketball Association is showing no inclination to let unhappy NBA players out of their contracts for the 2011-12 season, and will likely mandate they not receive clearance letters to return to the NBA until the Chinese season ends in March, sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Wilson Chandler(notes), Kenyon Martin(notes), J.R. Smith(notes) and Aaron Brooks(notes) are the four top NBA players under contract in China, and several sources involved in those contract entanglements said escape clauses won’t be allowed with the impending end of the NBA lockout.
The Chinese Basketball Association passed a rule that its teams could sign only NBA free agents during the lockout, and it was made clear to those players they would have to play the full season to be given FIBA clearance letters to sign contracts with NBA teams.
Smith has had multiple clashes with his team, and some Chinese officials fear players becoming obstinate and purposely missing practices and games once they realize they’ll be held to their contracts.
Team officials have prepared for the possibility some players could try to force their way out of deals, but their contracts give teams the la ude to fine and suspend players without pay. Chinese teams invested heavily when they signed NBA players, also providing hotel suites, personal drivers and chefs to make the players more comfortable.
“They can play, get paid [in China] and return to the NBA in March,” one Chinese team official said. “Or they can not get paid, and return to the NBA in March.”
As a member of FIBA, the NBA needs a letter of clearance from Chinese teams to allow players to sign NBA deals. Chinese teams could face forfeiture of any games that NBA players participated in, if the players somehow end up back in the NBA before the Chinese season ends.
“If they think that they’re going to make things difficult, not play, create problems, what’s going to happen is that the teams will not release their letters of clearance they’ll need to sign in the NBA,” a Chinese Basketball Association official told Yahoo! Sports. “There’s no way out.”
Smith, Chandler and Martin, who signed a $3 million contract with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers, played for the Denver Nuggets a season ago, but the team has interest in re-signing only Chandler, league sources said. Chandler was a key player for the Nuggets after the Carmelo Anthony(notes) trade with the Knicks.
So far, Chandler – averaging 43 points for the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions – has been the most dominant player in the Chinese Basketball Association. On and off the floor, Chandler has required far less maintenance than his two former Nuggets teammates. Smith has constantly clashed with Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Bulls officials since arriving in China, and the complaints about him include missed practices, allegedly faking injuries and relentless demands on living conditions and transportation.
Yi Jianlian(notes) can return to the NBA immediately because he has a Chinese passport that allowed him to sign with the Guangdong Hongyuan Southern Tigers regardless of the league’s NBA free-agent rule. He’s expected to be sidelined two to three weeks after spraining his right knee in a recent game, but plans to sign with an NBA team after free agency starts on Dec. 9.
Wow
Is JR Smith the one who ran over the little girl?
Chandler – averaging 43 points for the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
wow!! i knew this was going to happen. hahahah
look like denver lost half of their team with chinahttp://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...players_112811
They were all free agents and Denver was only looking to really bring back Chandler, but this still definitely throws a wrench in their plans.look like denver lost half of their team with china
lol.
Damn Chandler feeling like Kobe over there. I bet he and and Kmart don't mind the stay in China though.
China makes a fortune off Kmart. They probably didn't realize who he was. "dis negga owns kmaaat?"
Tight asian pussy?
Im sure they are
Meh. Like I give a about bonehead, wit and the postman. They can enjoy their kung pow coochie.
that 7'6 averaged sub 20pts in s basketball league the season before he moved to houston imho
FYI, that was the funniest thing I read all day
Gonna be a lot of worn out LMAO smileys on this one.
On that note:
“They can play, get paid [in China] and return to the NBA in March,” one Chinese team official said. “Or they can not get paid, and return to the NBA in March.”
them nigggas got owned
owned by s
Chandler – averaging 43 points for the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
How is it holding them hostage when they knew about the agreement upfront and then still signed it?
Also, lol Aaron Brooks.
Im guessing the level of play is far below par, but 43 points is still impressive ...Chandler – averaging 43 points for the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
On a serious note, one day we will look back on smith as one of the greatest wastes of pure NBA talent... (cue DeNiro in a Bronx Tale)
When dialed in this guy can dunk like Westbrook but also shoot like Ray Allen ...but he is an idiot. I wish i could coach him, he is missing out on mega millions ...
jr does to much drugs to ever reach his full potential, luckily even while underachieving he's still a millionaire
True. But from a physical standpoint there is not ANYTHING he can NOT do that wade and Kobe can and his bank is nowhere close to those guys. In fact he is probably a better deep shooter than both of them ...
Yeah, "hostage"?
You signed a damn contract for the moniez and they made it really clear that there is no exit. Well, my guess is that they thought they could their way out and back into the NBA.
Well. Haha.
And Aaron Brooks has to get the monkey award.
NBA players are mostly dip morons, they will put their signature or something and not realize that they are supposed to abide by the stipulations on the paper. It might help if they could read.
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