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    Default Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Linas Kleiza has agreed to a two-year, $12.2 million with an opt-out next year with Olympiakos, a source told Marc Spears of Yahoo!
    Excellent pickup, better than Childress IMO.

    Papaloukas/Teodosic
    Wafer/Halperin
    Childress/Vasilopoulos
    Kleiza/Vujcic/Erceg
    Bourousis/Glyniadakis/Schortsanitis

    Not a fan of the Wafer signing, but this one will give them a huge boost. Next step is to pick up an NBA point guard or someone like McIntyre or Arroyo to play in front of Papaloukas.
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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    The Nuggets better hurry and find a backup SF b4 they're all taken or re-signed

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    kleiza hit some big 3s when the nuggs needed it last playoffs. big loss imo

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Love it. Keep those international signings coming. The NBA will be a shell of its former self.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Quote Originally Posted by bagelred
    Love it. Keep those international signings coming. The NBA will be a shell of its former self.

    Like the NBA doesn't sign the European players I like Kleiza but the league will do fine without him... He's only a bench player. The day a high level player leaves for Europe then we can get worried.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Quote Originally Posted by Ramza
    kleiza hit some big 3s when the nuggs needed it last playoffs. big loss imo
    big loss? he had a nice game or two...with about 50 average to below average ones.

    for 6.1 mill per i could care less. hes not worth half of that. way overrated by this board who probably have seen him play 1-2 games at most (one of which was his 40 point game vs utah a few years ago).

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    $12.2 million will buy a lot of Ouzo (very tasty and potent Greek drink). Maybe after a year or two in Greece, Kleiza may have honed his skills and will be ready to return to the Nuggets, who retain his rights. Now the Nuggets should pursue a reliable and consistent PF/C and a 3rd PG, maybe Pruitt or Taylor as PGs.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    LK isn't worth even close to that amount. Good riddance.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    not even half.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Quote Originally Posted by knickballer
    Like the NBA doesn't sign the European players I like Kleiza but the league will do fine without him... He's only a bench player. The day a high level player leaves for Europe then we can get worried.
    Dominique Wilkins, Bob McAdoo are notable HOFers who left for the Euroleague.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Good news for the Nuggs.

    I am impressed by his offensive skills but dude is a horrible defender. A liability in defense. Softy.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Quote Originally Posted by Pokerface
    $12.2 million will buy a lot of Ouzo (very tasty and potent Greek drink). Maybe after a year or two in Greece, Kleiza may have honed his skills and will be ready to return to the Nuggets, who retain his rights. Now the Nuggets should pursue a reliable and consistent PF/C and a 3rd PG, maybe Pruitt or Taylor as PGs.
    @ Kleiza refining his skills, just a summer ago the Nuggets didnt want to include him in a deal for Ron Artest. And there were people on here against Kleiza even being traded.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Give it another 20 years and the EuroLeague will probably become the top basketball league in the world.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    Quote Originally Posted by bagelred
    Give it another 20 years and the EuroLeague will probably become the top basketball league in the world.
    not with the NBA going global. They are scouting for players in india right now.

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    Default Re: Kleiza Signs $12.2M Deal With Olympiakos

    I don't know how he's going to get playing time under coach Yannakis, who preaches defensive effort first and foremost Knowing him and his principles, Kleiza will probably sit on the bench most of the time...

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