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    Not Ballin’ in America

    While Josh Childress’ signing with the Greek club Olympiakos on Wednesday was noteworthy, he’s not the first player to leave the NBA for Europe. And, as reports that Houston’s Carl Landry could go overseas indicate, Childress might not be the last. The Express-News takes a look at five players who have made the move or might do so:

    Bostjan Nachbar

    Country: Slovenia

    NBA career: Was a key scorer for the Nets off the bench last season, averaging 9.8 points per game.

    Greener pastures: Signed for a reported $14.3 million over three years with Dynamo Moscow. “The NBA had better be careful,” Nachbar told ESPN.com. “European teams are offering a lot of money. It’s much more, considering there are no taxes, than what I could make signing for the midlevel exception.”

    Carlos Delfino

    Country: Argentina

    NBA career: Was a valuable 3-point shooter off the bench for Toronto, hitting 120 from long range last season.

    Greener pastures: Signed a three-year deal — for what the Toronto Sun reports was “huge” money — with BC Khimki, a Russian team. “I really wanted to return to Europe,” Delfino said in a story on Eurocupbasketball.com. “Khimki is an ambitious club that will soon become one of the strongest in Europe. I will do my best to make it possible."

    Juan Carlos Navarro

    Country: Spain

    NBA career: Averaged 10.9 points per game with the Grizzlies last season, knocking down a team-high 156 3-pointers.

    Greener pastures: Navarro went back to FC Barcelona, where he played before joining the Grizzlies last season. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports the deal will pay him between $20 million and $24 million over the next four years.

    Nenad Krstic

    Country: Serbia & Montenegro

    NBA career: The center has started 201 of the 226 games in which he’s played, all with the Nets.

    Greener pastures: Nets president Rod Thorn said in a recent Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger story that the team would like to bring back the restricted free agent. The problem, though, is a familiar one: The team isn’t willing to spend as much as he could command in Europe.

    Tiago Splitter

    Country: Brazil

    NBA career: Drafted by the Spurs in 2007

    Greener pastures: Rather than join the Spurs, Splitter signed with Spain’s Tau Ceramica through 2011-12 for several times what the Spurs could pay him. “With the way the economy is,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said, “he would have had to be an idiot to come here.”

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    our poor express news has nothing todo when the spurs are off.......one thing is nice thou, we dont have to depend on harvey's waste of space articles as much....i think the guys over at the express news are behind times, and im not talking their print shop

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    @ the article le.

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