High Schooler Starting a Trend?

[etothep]

First highly-touted prep star Brandon Jennings opts to play in Europe (instead of Arizona) and now already established NBA player Josh Childress to follow suit?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns

[Arctic Blast]

Wow, can't say I blame him...nobody in the NBA is going to throw almost $7 mil a year at him!

[etothep]

Childress officially signed the contract today

[gRYFYN1]

Yea no team had more than the mid lvl exception (5.5m) to offer anyways, and it not like a lot of team are itching for an 11-5 6th man who plays average defense that wants 8 mil a year.

[jcbarr]

8 mil a year is a steal in the NBA for a guy that is of any quality at all. Take a look around the league at the salaries that those guys are making. It is absolutely crazy how much they get paid to sit on the bench. I don't blame the guy either. He is young enough that he can still come back to the NBA one day if he wants to, and he now gets the chance to go to Europe and make big bucks and be a big superstar.

[Arctic Blast]

Yep, smart move by Childress, and smart move by NBA teams not paying out that kind of money.

[gRYFYN1]

8 mil a year is a steal in the NBA for a guy that is of any quality at all.

Really James Posey just inked a 4 year 25 mil deal, and he a good scorer and a plus defender, he also has alot of big game expierence, side-by-side teams would take Posey over Childress.

[Arctic Blast]

I dunno...Posey has been known for a very inconsistent work ethic in the past. He's cashing in on his title ring, and this turn out to be a bad signing, overall.

[jcbarr]

Posey is just a money grubber anyhow. The NBA blows my mind though. Seriously though go take a look at what some guys out there are making right now and compare that to some of the guys that are actually quality players. I think you will be suprised at how many guys are sitting on the bench making a ton of money.

Seems like it certain years a lot of teams will clear cap space and then they just go crazy and overpay players. Then for a few years most teams will be strained so they actually start signing guys for what they should be. Then it all starts over again in a few years after that.

[Arctic Blast]

I guess: Moar Dough>Bettah Legue to him. I can't say I would have done that.

A LOT more dough. See, in the Greek league, that 6 or 7 mil a year is AFTER taxes...that's what he'll actually bank. As opposed to the 5 mil he would have made in the NBA...40% or so of which the government would have taken. On top of that, the Greek leagues rent apartments/condos for their players, so no rent or house payments, and he can easily get himself a free car every year for simply endorsing the dealer, so no car payments.

And, instead of playing 12 minutes a game, he's one of the better players...and he gets to play for Olympiakos, who are a powerhouse in that league most years, instead of the Hawks (yeah, they made the playoffs last year, but does anyone think they WON'T somehow screw it all up and be awful in 2 years?).

VERY nice deal.

[Frijolito]

I wish some foreign league would sign Dan Gadzuric.

[asianinvasion]

But, he has to live in a sh*tty country.

What's wrong with Greece?

[gRYFYN1]

Posey is just a money grubber anyhow.

Seems like it certain years a lot of teams will clear cap space and then they just go crazy and overpay players. Then for a few years most teams will be strained so they actually start signing guys for what they should be. Then it all starts over again in a few years after that.

I don't really see how posey is. He signed with one of the top team in the NBA, a team that is a contenter.

And as far as over paying players .... um that isn't an NBA thing they do that in EVERY sport.

[jcbarr]

So staying with the Celtics who have the inside track to win it all again was not a good idea? I guess I am just old school. I hate watching these guys just flip through teams like pages in a book.

[ohms_law]

Greece is a gorgeous country. I don't much care for the politics there, but I'd still live there.