The NBA is widely known as the best cage league in the universe and it is where the big money is. Almost every kid, not only in the United States but in every part of the globe as well, keeps on dreaming of the day he lands in the NBA . But that was before.
Who would ever imagine of an exodus of current NBA players to various European pro leagues in the prime of their careers. It is mind-boggling, but in reality, teams from the Euro circuit can equal if not surpass the NBA money jar. So far, this summer had seen 9 NBA players joining various euro teams for the coming 2008-09 season. These are Josh Childress (Olympiakos-Greece), Carlos Arroyo (Maccabi Tel-Aviv-Israel), Earl Boykins (Virtus Bologna-Italy), Nenad Krstic (Triumph Moscow-Russia), Juan Carlos Navarro (FC Barcelona-Spain), Bostjan Nachbar (Dynamo Moscow-Russia), Carlos Delfino (BC Khimki-Russia), Jorge Garbarosa (BC Khimki-Russia) and Primoz Brezec (Virtus Roma-Italy).
And if reports are true, the said movements are just the tip of the iceberg, as a club from Greece is ready to tender an "out-of-this-Universe" offer sheet for Cleveland Cavaliers franchise man LeBron James when he becomes a free-agent by 2010. Whew! These European teams are for real and NBA commish David Stern might be thinking now of fast-tracking the implementation of an NBA European franchise.
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