<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>According to David Blatt, former Maccabi Tel Aviv coach, and currently the coach of Dynamo Moscow and the Russian national team, "what Euroleague clubs are doing today is only just revenge for the massive raiding of top European players by the NBA during the past 10 years." Blatt's own Dynamo Moscow team got in on the fun this week by signing Bostjan Nachbar, who averaged 10 points a contest for the New Jersey Nets this past year. Blatt, who helped put together the Maccabi team that would become a dynasty in Euroleague basketball, has always been on the cutting edge of the latest trends in European basketball. "This summer's trend will probably continue and strengthen the Euroleague," he notes. "European teams are exploiting a weakness the NBA has in dealing with mid-level players, because the salary cap and the restricted free agent rule put restrictions on the amount of money teams can offer." The "restricted free agent rule" allows a player's current team to retain his services by matching any offer he receives from another NBA club. This doesn't apply to offers he may receive from Europe. "This will probably lead, eventually," says Blatt, "to some cooperative measure between the NBA and the Euroleague".</div> Exodus from Europe to the NBA Begins reversing its course - Jerry Mittleman, Haaretz Israel News That's a little funny, when you think about it. We've been stealing Peja, Hedo, Dirk, etc...now they're just beginning to attempt to do the same to us. Although I doubt Jennings will stay over...if he were to stay in Europe, it would really suck for the NBA and its fans.
I hope the NBA eventually learns and smooths out the NBA, for now though, no big loss. Childress is the best player to leave and hes just a role player.
The NBA will have to take action eventually because soon enough, role players will desert the NBA in favor of the big bucks in Europe. As long as the NBA has a cap and European teams don't, the Euros will always have the upper hand when it comes to paying role players.