Why do players who make so much money overseas....

[Fresh-2-Def]

...choose to come to the NBA and play on a rookie contract and play for the MLE for possibly the rest of their careers. I don't get it. For instance, Walter Hermann would be a star overseas making big money yet he's riding the pine in the NBA playing for cheap. I just don't get why players would leave their home where they are superstars to come over to the NBA and be an unknown scrub.

[LJJ]

There really are only a handful of players in Europe that make MLE type money.

[ALBballer]

There really are only a handful of players in Europe that make MLE type money.

That's what I thought. Superstars cap off at like 5 million or so.

[RoodyPooUS]

I'm sure some are content to stay overseas but a lot of people want to give themselves a shot at the best league and see if they can make it "big". I would speculate that people like Ginobili and Parker have really made some of these people more optimistic.

Oh btw, I don't think Hermann is a total scrub yet. When he does get playing time he isn't too bad. Good energy guy.

[InspiredLebowski]

Wait, you made a post w/o mentioning Bayless?

[Fresh-2-Def]

Wait, you made a post w/o mentioning Bayless?

Get on topic bro.

[Sharas]

most of them really don't. right now, most of established european household names don't seriously consider going to NBA mainly for the reason you cited. both american and european born ones. especially since jasikevicius and macijauskas fiascoes in the NBA.
last offseason only big european veteran names to come to NBA were scola and navarro. and scola was arguably the best four outside the NBA at the moment. this offseason it might be even less.

[InspiredLebowski]

Get on topic bro.

There is no topic, players don't make big money overseas.

[Hotshoot]

whats the salary like overseas anyone got any numbers?

[YaoMingsPANTS]

you have to factor in the exchange rate also.


1 U.S. dollar = 0.634598299 Euros

[okayabc123]

cuz' imagine if they have an opportunity to become like Pau Gasol, Manu Ginobilli, even a player like Sasha Vujacic... with the way he has been playing, the next contract he gets will probably be a MAX Contract overseas....

and think about this.. as an NBA player, you get the best of the best... fly in team's private jet when on the road, 5-star hotels, lots of complimentary stuff from Adidas, Nike, etc. and oh yeah, you get to play against the best, or with the best, on the biggest stage...

[Fresh-2-Def]

There is no topic, players don't make big money overseas.

Alot of them do for instance Allen Ray was on a rookie contract last year and now he's making good money in Europe. He wants to get back in the NBA, but why would he leave the good money he's making overseas to come back and ride the bench. Talk what you know.

[InspiredLebowski]

According to this site, http://www.ballineurope.com/european...ies-in-europe/ these are the top 10 Euro salaries. Jasikevicius is listed, so they've gotta be from 05 at the latest

[LIST=1][*]Sarunas Jasikevicius (Panathinaikos) 4.2mio[*]Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA) 3.5mio[*]Ramunas Siskauskas (CSKA) 2.5mio[*]Arvydas Macijauskas (Olympiakos) 2.2mio[*]Lazaros Papadopoulos (Real) 2.0mio[*]Alexei Savrasenko (CSKA) 2.0mio[*]Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos) 1.9mio[*]J.R. Holden (CSKA) 1.85mio[*]David Anderson (CSKA) 1.8mio[*]Nikola Vujcic (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 1.7mio[/LIST]Adjust em, and the Sarunas was making little under 6 million, and he was the highest paid.

[Fresh-2-Def]

According to this site, http://www.ballineurope.com/european...ies-in-europe/ these are the top 10 Euro salaries. Jasikevicius is listed, so they've gotta be from 05 at the latest

[LIST=1][*]Sarunas Jasikevicius (Panathinaikos) 4.2mio[*]Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA) 3.5mio[*]Ramunas Siskauskas (CSKA) 2.5mio[*]Arvydas Macijauskas (Olympiakos) 2.2mio[*]Lazaros Papadopoulos (Real) 2.0mio[*]Alexei Savrasenko (CSKA) 2.0mio[*]Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos) 1.9mio[*]J.R. Holden (CSKA) 1.85mio[*]David Anderson (CSKA) 1.8mio[*]Nikola Vujcic (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 1.7mio[/LIST]Adjust em, and the Sarunas was making little under 6 million, and he was the highest paid.

Thanks bro.

[Hotshoot]

They do not seem to making a whole lot found this via google

he Ugly Side of European Basketball-- Dynamo St. Petersburg Collapses[/lfont]

The unfortunate side of European basketball reared its ugly head this afternoon, Russian time, when Dynamo St. Petersburg