Uhoh, Detroit may have no choice but to pick Melo.

[CPA]

Seems like Darko's Euro team is balking on letting him out of his contract. Could sway the Pistons to look at Melo.

Man, us Nug fans are bound to rot in the cellar of the NBA forever!

Milicic

 

[iamme]

hmmm.......i hope we still get Darko 😕

is today a busy NBA day or what?

Grant, Jay, Darko....

 

[Double Trouble]

This makes absolutely no difference in where Darko gets picked. It's a simple 'cost of doing business' for the team that picks him -- they'll just have to settle with the team that currently holds his contract, basically pay them to go away. A few million and it's done.... Why do you think Hemofarm Vrsac (his current team) waited until now to make this statement? They wanted to make sure Darko would get drafted high, and then serve notice that they need to get some payola as well to make that happen. Strictly business.....

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: tagej
This makes absolutely no difference in where Darko gets picked. It's a simple 'cost of doing business' for the team that picks him -- they'll just have to settle with the team that currently holds his contract, basically pay them to go away. A few million and it's done.... Why do you think Hemofarm Vrsac (his current team) waited until now to make this statement? They wanted to make sure Darko would get drafted high, and then serve notice that they need to get some payola as well to make that happen. Strictly business.....

The problem is that the current player's union contract only allows a team to pay 350k to get a foreigner out of their contract. Will that be enough?

 

[Double Trouble]

The problem is that the current player's union contract only allows a team to pay 350k to get a foreigner out of their contract. Will that be enough?

Hmmm.... I didn't know what. That just means the team will pay the 350k and then get creative, finding other ways to get some $$$ to the folks that currently hold the contract. Yao is a good example, the Rockets paid the Chinese club and the government a LOT of $$$ to be able to sign him and bring him over.

 

[iamme]

Euro club threatens Milicic suit

"We feel this is an outgrowth of the team to attempt to pressure Darko. We've been involved with international players the last six years. We've been down this road many, many times before and have achieved a positive outcome for our clients.

"We're not concerned at this point. We're in negotiations and are very optimistic that this will be resolved amicably. By no means will this impede Darko from playing in the NBA."

*whew* 🙂

 

[Storm]

Originally posted by: tagej

The problem is that the current player's union contract only allows a team to pay 350k to get a foreigner out of their contract. Will that be enough?

Hmmm.... I didn't know what. That just means the team will pay the 350k and then get creative, finding other ways to get some $$$ to the folks that currently hold the contract. Yao is a good example, the Rockets paid the Chinese club and the government a LOT of $$$ to be able to sign him and bring him over.

Well sports in China are all government subsidized. So you would deal with the Chinese government. I believe they see the Chinese government and the Euro-clubs differently. $350k is the max figure unless they can try to coerce money out of the player's NBA salary.

For example the Nets are trying to get their pick from last year to come play. N. Krstic's team Partizan(I think?) wants the 350k plus possibly some money from Krstic's 1 million salary. An even bigger reason Partizan doesn't want to lose both Krstic and V-something(the point guard the Knicks drafted) in the same year so the asking price is going up. 🙁

 

[nitsuj3580]

as much as I don't want to see Melo in Denver, he's still going there.

Darko to Pistons.

 

[EvilYoda]

Hmmmm, I should start reading the sports pages til Thursday, almost forgot the draft was coming up 🙂 I hope we still get Darko, he looks really promising.

 

[kb315]

We will pick him, hammond already said that. It's on an article in the free press

 

[kb315]

Hoopshype is reporting a 1.5 million contract buyout from KK Hemofarm.