Two new Joel Freeland articles

[PtldPlatypus]

If anyone's interested:

http://basketball.realgm.com/article/211030/The_Euroleague_MVP_Race

9. Joel Freeland - Unicaja Malaga (1-2)

13.5 points (66 2PT), 6.3 rebounds in 25 minutes

Joel Freeland, still just 23, is the youngest player in our Top-10 and one of the leaders in efficiency as well. The 30th overall pick of 2007 NBA Draft by Portland has already proved he can play on the highest level in Europe and also gives a sign to the Portland Trail Blazers that the time to open the door to the NBA has come.

Freeland averages 13.5 points per game with a great shooting percentage in only his second season in the Euroleague. More intriguingly, Freeland spends an average 25 minutes on the floor, just ninth among MVP candidates, and there’s a question how much more productive he could be on the court if he would get more playing time.

However, we probably won’t see Freeland climbing up in our MVP rankings as his club, Unicaja, is not in the best situation at the moment. Despite last week’s win against Lietuvos Rytas, Unicaja stands at 1-2 and has slim chances to make it to the playoffs.

http://www.mvp247.com/2011/02/freeland-seizes-chance-to-step-up/

In the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Freeland currently ranks fifth in the player performance index rating despite playing fewer minutes than those above him. He is second on field goals made (66), ranks sixth in shooting percentage (66%), eighth in rebounds, ands 12th in overall points.

In what is good news for GB coach Chris Finch as he awaits confirmation that Surrey-born Freeland will be available for this summer’s Eurobasket finals, the young star has become Malaga’s Mr. Consistent.

 

[hasoos]

That is good news. Now how the hell can we get management to get him over here?

 

[LOTBfan]

first round pick, 2007, didn't we lose his rights after 3 years, aka last year?

not sure how this is still making news

 

[Blazinaway]

first round pick, 2007, didn't we lose his rights after 3 years, aka last year?

not sure how this is still making news

Nope, and the benefit is he can now sign a better contract with us because the rookie salary structure does not apply after 3 yrs

 

[andalusian]

first round pick, 2007, didn't we lose his rights after 3 years, aka last year?

not sure how this is still making news

You do not lose the rights to overseas players.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Nope, and the benefit is he can now sign a better contract with us because the rookie salary structure does not apply after 3 yrs

Yeah, what he said.

http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q43

If the player is already under contract to, or signs a contract with a non-NBA team, the team retains the player's draft rights for one year after the player's obligation to the non-NBA team ends. Essentially, the clock stops as long as the player plays pro ball outside the NBA.
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When a team signs a first round draft pick within three years after he is drafted, they use the salary scale for the year in which he signs (usually the player signs in the same year he is drafted). After three years they have the option of either using the salary scale or signing him like he was a free agent -- using their cap room, the Mid-Level exception, the Bi-Annual exception or the Disabled Player exception, and with standard raises. They can only do the latter if the player did not play intercollegiately in the interim, and such a contract must be for at least three seasons.

 

[LOTBfan]

that is sweet, so as long as someone in another country feels he is worth keeping around, he can continue to be less valuable to us than oberto or marks, and for a bonus year to boot.

no wonder we keep doing this, i wasn't aware of the never ending rights holding.

i found this on draftexpress

"Here's how it works: in each case, the player was drafted and permitted, even encouraged, to stay overseas and develop his game. In some cases, the player has stayed in Europe for a year; in others, he has played for several years after being drafted. If the player doesn't succeed, the risk is minimal, because players chosen in the mid- to late- second round rarely make the team that drafted them. The reward, on the other hand, can be huge.

And the draft rights don't expire. Some of those players, like Serbian Dejan Bodiroga -- a 6'9" shooting forward who was arguably Europe's best player in the 1990's -- may never put on an NBA uniform, having decided long ago they don't want to make the leap across the Atlantic."

http://www.draftexpress.com/article/The-Secondary-Market-in-Draft-Rights-98/#ixzz1EH1wyJT3