http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3501488
Now I can understand Euro players wanting to return home due to circumstances, and being offered a hell of alot more money than NBA teams (Navarro being a perfect example, earning the minimum in the NBA, and multi millions in Europe)
But this I dont understand...............I mean, Childress is still young (Hes not a 30 something going for his last big paycheck), hes got talent, hes had a solid contributing career so far............many teams could have offered him there MLE atleast!
However, he decides to go play in a league that is no better than the D-League (Im sorry, I know there a couple of good teams in Greece.........but overall, its sh*t, and those two teams dominate the league). How could you not want to stay in the best league in the world, that gives you the ultimate exposure and respect around the basketball community, for probably not much less money?
Why else would he do this, other than pure greed? for what is probably 2-3 more million a year.
Alot of you will disagree, argue with me about the level of the Greek league, and just generally talk about loyalty to ones self and going where the money is.............which will all be valid points..............but Im just getting a little sick of it, and I find this move in-particular............quite pathetic.
Ps: WTF! is the crap with NBA teams not being able to match a Euro teams offer on players that they have Bird rights over???.............why can they match any offer from an NBA team but not a Euro team???


