The Garbajosa case confirms that the Unicaja must very complicated choose them Nacho Rodrigo/Malaga |
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Something is changing in the world-wide basketball. Ever since the emigration of European players to the NBA began at the end of the ninety, the exit of the players from the Old Continent to the considered one as the best league of the world has been a more and more pressing tonic. Nowadays, the players continue seeing the American competition like their maximum objective. There is contract of any no baloncestista of mean level in which a clause from exit to the NBA is not included, even before being able to make debut with the equipment that him company/signature.
In the Unicaja, for example, they have lived the cases this summer on Omar Cook and Marcus Haislip, with happy outcome for the interests typesetters. But something is changing. If something can state during this summer period it is that the tendency begins to change, that him United Europe-State emigration begins to be compensated across with the arrival of players resisted originating of the pool. The more powerful European clubs pay every time better and the NBA every time see with better face the option play in Europe. A tendency from which, nevertheless, it has few options to benefit the Unicaja.
The recent Garbajosa subject is an example. The Malagan club owns a considerable budget, that allows him to compete as much at great level in the ACB as in the Euroliga, but its power does not arrive at the levels of the great Greek or Russian equipment. Garbajosa has chosen the Russian Khimki in its return to the European basketball, but the one of the Madrilenian is only an example. They return The ex- typesetter will share clothes with his companion during the last season in the Raptors Carlos Delfino. The Argentinean has left the NBA after four seasons in Detroit and Toronto and when he had a serious supply of the Pistons. He makes to enlist themselves in the Khimki and to become the player better paid of the European basketball, in which already he played in Italy between 2000 and 2004. He will gain 25 million dollars by three seasons.
The return of Navarrese Juan Carlos to Barcelona has been one of the news of the summer. After its debut in the NBA in the rows of the Memphis Grizzlies, the escort needed a lifted contract, a minimum of 4 million dollars by season, to be able to continue paying the clause that had slope with the Catalan club, but preferred not to risk. The arrival of Joan Creus to the blaugrana organizational chart impelled the Navarrese operation, that now has become the player better paid of the club and the leader of a illusory Barcelonist project that also counts on David Andersen.
One of the last ones in arriving is the Slovene Bostjan Nachbar, also via Russia. Eaves have signed three seasons with the Dynamo of Moscow at the rate of 3 million Euros by each of them. Another supercontract that ends its stage in the North American league, where it has completed a worthy race in Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets and, mainly, New Nets Jersey (9.8 points in 22 minutes of game the past campaign).
His compatriot Primoz Brezec has emulated his steps, although in this case its destiny is Italy. He will be one of the pillars of the Virtus of Rome in the next Euroliga. Pívot of 2.16 that got to be pívot important in the NBA, especially in the Charlotte Bobcats, where it got to divide equally 13 points and 7 bounces. Now, after seven seasons in the American league, it will return to play in the European basketball it did after it with the Olimpija Union between 1998 and 2001. They make debut
Not only European players arrive who return to where they began his race. Companion of Brezec in Rome will be jovencísimo North American Brandon Jennings, that carries out an unusual case until now. Jennings, of only 18 years, is a star of the High School (the previous step to the university league). In fact he is one of the best players of his promotion and aims very high for draft of next year. In spite of it, Jennings has preferred to follow with its formation in Europe, at the same time as a much greater pay gains del than it would win in the USA and it hopes that it fulfills the age minimum to appear to draft.
Another North American who confronts his first experience in Europe is Josh Childress. And this she is not a young person in search of formation. Childress was one of the players reference of the Atlanta Hawks, with which it had divided equally in the last season 11.8 points, 4.9 bounces and 1.5 attendances in 30 minutes of game. A great signing who the Olympiacos will pay to price of gold: 20 million dollars by three seasons. The Unicaja will be moderate to him in first stage of the Euroliga. They sound
The flight to Europe can not finish there. The rumors on other possible signings are constant. The interest of two Russian equipment by pívot is shuffled letón Andris Biedrins (Golden Delicious State Warriors), the possibility that the Slovene Sasha Vujacic stops being companion of Gasol in the Lakers, the flight of Carl Landry of the Houston Rockets and the signing of Luol Deng (Chicago Bulls) by the Panathinaikos. One even says that Jason Williams (Miami Heat) could be offered to the Maccabi of Tel Aviv.
