Delonte West to Moscow-- Maybe

[biggs]

I wonder to what extent these guys look beyond the money, and say "you know, living in Moscow is really something I don't look forward to".

Obviously, some players would love living abroad, but it's certainly not for everyone.

Well, I personally loved living abroad-- and from all reports Moscow is an interesting place these days. It also helps when you make 2-3 times more money than you would otherwise and pay no taxes.

I agree with Hobbsy here.  It's like if you were gonna take the money and run wouldn't you go to your destination of choice?  I mean yeah Moscow might be on the rise, but personally if I was gonna play over seas for a couple years send me to Greece, Italy, Spain...I mean the list goes on and on.  Hope Redz does well out there if he decides to go.  Maybe he's just pulling some sneaky deal to come back to the c's

My question is though- when a foreign club offers a restricted player a contract does the nba team have to match that offer dollar for dollar or is there some conversion of americans$/euros?

[canman1971]

I wonder to what extent these guys look beyond the money, and say "you know, living in Moscow is really something I don't look forward to".

Obviously, some players would love living abroad, but it's certainly not for everyone.

Well, I personally loved living abroad-- and from all reports Moscow is an interesting place these days. It also helps when you make 2-3 times more money than you would otherwise and pay no taxes.

I agree with Hobbsy here.  It's like if you were gonna take the money and run wouldn't you go to your destination of choice?  I mean yeah Moscow might be on the rise, but personally if I was gonna play over seas for a couple years send me to Greece, Italy, Spain...I mean the list goes on and on.  Hope Redz does well out there if he decides to go.  Maybe he's just pulling some sneaky deal to come back to the c's

My question is though- when a foreign club offers a restricted player a contract does the nba team have to match that offer dollar for dollar or is there some conversion of americans$/euros?

The NBA team doesn't get to do anything.  They retain the players restricted status if the player returns to the NBA.  If the player chooses to go to Europe, the NBA team cannot stop them.

[Eja117]

I wonder to what extent these guys look beyond the money, and say "you know, living in Moscow is really something I don't look forward to".

Obviously, some players would love living abroad, but it's certainly not for everyone.

As opposed to living in Cleveland? I'll take Moscow. Moscow is booming and services should be really cheap. Sometimes we overrate life in US cities. At least he isn't in a small town or rural area in the US.

Living abroad is a great experience for people with the right mindset. Delonte seems like the type who enjoys new experiences.

I wonder if some of these guys will beocme citizens of other countries and play for their national teams, especially Childress with his 3 year deal.

Moscow is quite interesting if you can get past the gangsters, lack of democracy, and the Thought Police that try to control public language if you say something that certain people don't like. It's just about the most nonchalant government I can think of when it comes to assassinations.

[Redz]

I wonder to what extent these guys look beyond the money, and say "you know, living in Moscow is really something I don't look forward to".

Obviously, some players would love living abroad, but it's certainly not for everyone.

Well, I personally loved living abroad-- and from all reports Moscow is an interesting place these days. It also helps when you make 2-3 times more money than you would otherwise and pay no taxes.

I agree with Hobbsy here.  It's like if you were gonna take the money and run wouldn't you go to your destination of choice?  I mean yeah Moscow might be on the rise, but personally if I was gonna play over seas for a couple years send me to Greece, Italy, Spain...I mean the list goes on and on. Hope Redz does well out there if he decides to go.  Maybe he's just pulling some sneaky deal to come back to the c's

My question is though- when a foreign club offers a restricted player a contract does the nba team have to match that offer dollar for dollar or is there some conversion of americans$/euros?

[dang], you scared me for a second, I thought I'd been traded

[zerophase]

I wonder to what extent these guys look beyond the money, and say "you know, living in Moscow is really something I don't look forward to".

Obviously, some players would love living abroad, but it's certainly not for everyone.

Well, I personally loved living abroad-- and from all reports Moscow is an interesting place these days. It also helps when you make 2-3 times more money than you would otherwise and pay no taxes.

I agree with Hobbsy here.  It's like if you were gonna take the money and run wouldn't you go to your destination of choice?  I mean yeah Moscow might be on the rise, but personally if I was gonna play over seas for a couple years send me to Greece, Italy, Spain...I mean the list goes on and on. Hope Redz does well out there if he decides to go.  Maybe he's just pulling some sneaky deal to come back to the c's

My question is though- when a foreign club offers a restricted player a contract does the nba team have to match that offer dollar for dollar or is there some conversion of americans$/euros?

[dang], you scared me for a second, I thought I'd been traded

hell yeah.

[cordobes]

I wonder to what extent these guys look beyond the money, and say "you know, living in Moscow is really something I don't look forward to".

Obviously, some players would love living abroad, but it's certainly not for everyone.

As opposed to living in Cleveland? I'll take Moscow. Moscow is booming and services should be really cheap. Sometimes we overrate life in US cities. At least he isn't in a small town or rural area in the US.

Living abroad is a great experience for people with the right mindset. Delonte seems like the type who enjoys new experiences.

I wonder if some of these guys will beocme citizens of other countries and play for their national teams, especially Childress with his 3 year deal.

Moscow is quite interesting if you can get past the gangsters, lack of democracy, and the Thought Police that try to control public language if you say something that certain people don't like. It's just about the most nonchalant government I can think of when it comes to assassinations.

That's why we're not hearing about big dollar offers from Russia to Adonal Foyle. And he could be pondering an offer from Karthum Basketball Club, it would be fairly worse. I don't think Delonte would care much about that. Moscow is a good city to visit if your company is paying for a fair share of the expenses. I suppose someone making $5 million per year wil be comfortable there. And it's 10000 times better than Khimki. Poor Delfino. In all honesty, I never believed that free-agents are usually concerned about the quality of the sushi restaurants or the local philharmonic orchestra, the nightlife or even the weather, at least until there are major leagues in the Antarctic or in the Seringeti, let alone the politics. But I'd rather live in a small town in middle America, happily clinging to guns, God and red meat, than in any big European (or American) city, so what do I know?

[pearljammer10]

Boy i really hope West takes the deal and leaves the NBA. I would be estatic.

[Edgar]

Boy i really hope West takes the deal and leaves the NBA. I would be estatic.

 

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Boy i really hope West takes the deal and leaves the NBA. I would be estatic.

 

[Thruthelookingglass]

I wonder to what extent these guys look beyond the money, and say "you know, living in Moscow is really something I don't look forward to".

Obviously, some players would love living abroad, but it's certainly not for everyone.

Well, I personally loved living abroad-- and from all reports Moscow is an interesting place these days. It also helps when you make 2-3 times more money than you would otherwise and pay no taxes.

I'd feel like a target in Moscow.  How much scarier would it be to be tall, rich and famous there? 

[ederson]

Moscow is indeed a top destination but for short trips. For longer stay things are different. The russian winter is tough and the culture completely different. Many non russian players stated that it was extremely difficult to adapt. But on the other hand there are others that feel good there like Langhton for example

[Who]

There's an article on the News-Herald saying that Delonte won't be joining the Russian team.

However, Cavaliers point guard Delonte West probably won’t be joining them. An Internet report saying he received a lucrative offer from Dynamo Moscow in Russia is false.
Nachbar, who played in New Jersey last year, recently signed a three-year, $14.3 million deal with Dynamo. That pretty much ate up the rest of Dynamo’s payroll.
Besides, they already have a pretty good point guard in former Oklahoma star Hollis Price.

http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19872703&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21848&rfi=6

That's interesting. We'll see in time if the author is well informed or not. He seems confident it won't happen and that the offer wasn't made.

[Bankshot]

There's an article on the News-Herald saying that Delonte won't be joining the Russian team.

However, Cavaliers point guard Delonte West probably won’t be joining them. An Internet report saying he received a lucrative offer from Dynamo Moscow in Russia is false.
Nachbar, who played in New Jersey last year, recently signed a three-year, $14.3 million deal with Dynamo. That pretty much ate up the rest of Dynamo’s payroll.
Besides, they already have a pretty good point guard in former Oklahoma star Hollis Price.

http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19872703&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21848&rfi=6

That's interesting. We'll see in time if the author is well informed or not. He seems confident it won't happen and that the offer wasn't made.

So, no NBA team offered Delonte anything and neither did Moscrow.  Looks like the Cavs have Delonte right where they wanted him. The Cavs obviously believe that Gibson has more upside (so do I), that's why they took care of him quickly and let Delonte sweat it out.

Besides, would it really be smart for the Cavs to lock  up 2 backup quality point guards to long term deals?  They need a starting quality point guard (which they have been looking for even with West in the fold). So it makes sense for them not to give Delonte a big long term deal, once they did it for Gibson.

[JollyGreen17]

It would be a shame to lost Delonte to Europe. He can start on alot of NBA teams.

[Bankshot]

It would be a shame to lost Delonte to Europe. He can start on alot of NBA teams.

No he wouldn't.  At least not teams trying to win a championship (except for Cleveland because they have no one better right now).