Hmmmmm, Delonte West is being offered a 2 year $10 million deal from Dynamo Moscow.

 http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AoYBiIMmkzMqNwaCFEDA9E.8vLYF?slug=aw-west072408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Dynamo Moscow has already lured away Bostjan Nachbar for 3 years at $14.3 million.

Gone:

Josh Childress

Juan Carlos Navarro

Carlos Delfino 

Bosjton Nachbar 

Pops Mensha Bonsu

Jorge Garbajosa

Primoz Brezec

Koko "Better than the weight-lifting Panda" Archibong

Nenad Krstic

Gordan Giriceck

Dan Dickau

Carlos Arroyo

Jannero Pargo
 

Considering Leaving (some have strong sources, some dont):

Fred Jones

Delonte West

Ben Gordon

Carl Landry

Sasha Vujacic 

Andris Biedrins

Source=LA Times

Sasha Vujacic might leave Lakers to play in Europe

The guard, a restricted free agent, hasn't received an offer sheet from another team because it is believed the Lakers would match it.

By Steve Springer, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 25, 2008

Lakers reserve guard Sasha Vujacic, a restricted free agent, is prepared to leave the team and accept an offer from a European team in the next few days if the Lakers don't make him an offer he deems fair, according to a source in the Vujacic camp who spoke only on the condition of anonymity.

The source said Vujacic is seeking a multiyear deal from the Lakers averaging about $5 million a year. Vujacic was hoping for a six-year deal, but anticipated it could be a shorter contract.

 

Vujacic, who earned $1.76 million last season, was given a $2.6-million qualifying offer by the Lakers after the season to make him a restricted free agent.

He has not received an offer sheet from another NBA team. Teams were hesitant to make Vujacic an offer because they anticipate the Lakers would match it, the source said.

The Lakers made a qualifying offer to another of their free agents, forward Ronny Turiaf, but when Turiaf received a four-year, $17-million offer sheet from the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers declined to match it.

Because the Lakers are over the luxury tax, they would be assessed an amount equal to any sum they spend over it.

Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak has been negotiating with Vujacic's agent, Rob Pelinka.

"We are very aware of the global market as it has changed over the years. It was our desire to bring Sasha and Ronny back. It continues to be our desire to bring Sasha back," Kupchak said Thursday after hearing of Vujacic's ultimatum. "However, with the ever-changing marketplace that Europe has become, a player, in order to cover his bases, can negotiate with his NBA team and, at the same time, have a plan that allows him to have the possibility of going overseas."

Jumping from the NBA to Europe has become a viable option for several players, the latest being Josh Childress, who Wednesday revealed that he is leaving the Atlanta Hawks to play for Olympiakos, a Greek club, for a three-year deal worth about $20 million after taxes.

The 24-year-old Vujacic, a native of Maribor, Slovenia, just completed his fourth and best season with the Lakers. Vujacic averaged 8.8 points in 17.8 minutes this past season, shooting 45.4% from the field, including 43.7% from three-point range. In the postseason, Vujacic averaged 21.7 minutes, 8.1 points and shot 39.9% from the floor, including 39.2% on three-pointers.

Kupchak, while refusing to discuss numbers, said of the negotiations with Pelinka, "It's our intention to have a happy ending."

Kupchak says he agrees that the situation should be resolved in the next few days.

"When the free agency period rolled around," he said, "Sasha needed to get a feel of what the market would be like. After 20-something days, he's had enough time to get a feel. It's time this came to a conclusion."

Gone:

Josh Childress

Juan Carlos Navarro

Carlos Delfino 

Bosjton Nachbar 

Pops Mensha Bonsu

Jorge Garbage

 Carlos Arroyo

Primoz Brezec

Nenad Krstic 

Earl Boykins 

Jannero Pargo

Dan Dickau 

 Gordon Giricek

Earl Barron 

Casey Jacobson 

Considering Leaving (some have strong sources, some dont):

Delonte West

Ben Gordon

 Carl Landry

Fred Jones 

Nick Fazekas 

Also add Carlos Delfino to the list that have signed overseas.

 Good idea to create this thread. Let's us put all the players who are getting offers or rumored to be getting offers in this thread.

Sasha signed a 3 yr/$15M deal 

Not a big signing, but Primoz Brezec went back to Europe a week or so ago.

 Sasha played the Int'l card and got paid! It's good that the Lakers kept him, I do think that 5 m per year is over paying though. Sasha's a pretty good player but I dont think he did anything to merit the price. Then again he would have gotten more in Europe and the Lakers would have lost him for nothing. Good all around.

And another one is gone

Prokom Trefl Sopot has annoubced that athletic forward Koko Archibong has inked a two-year deal with the perennial Polish League champion. Archibong (202, 27) arrives from the Deutsche Bank Skyliners, where he averaged 11.3 points, 6 rebounds and 2.5 steals in 6 ULEB Cup games last season. He has also played for Alba Berlin and Bamberg in Germany, as well as for Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez in France, since finishing his college career at the University of Pennsylvania (NCAA). Archibong helped Pau to win the French League title in 2004 and also lifted the German League trophy with Bamberg in 2005. He is now taking his versatility and athleticism to Sopot, Poland.

 Supposedly Nenad Kristic will be signing with a Russian team this week.

Adelman:

And another one is gone

 

Prokom Trefl Sopot has annoubced that athletic forward Koko Archibong has inked a two-year deal with the perennial Polish League champion. Archibong (202, 27) arrives from the Deutsche Bank Skyliners, where he averaged 11.3 points, 6 rebounds and 2.5 steals in 6 ULEB Cup games last season. He has also played for Alba Berlin and Bamberg in Germany, as well as for Elan Bearnais Pau-Orthez in France, since finishing his college career at the University of Pennsylvania (NCAA). Archibong helped Pau to win the French League title in 2004 and also lifted the German League trophy with Bamberg in 2005. He is now taking his versatility and athleticism to Sopot, Poland.

KOKO's game is some big, it transcends oceans. 

Biedrins gets 6 years, $63 million from ..... Golden State.

God's Son:

 Supposedly Nenad Kristic will be signing with a Russian team this week.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3508955 

Pimpsubs:

God's Son:

 Supposedly Nenad Kristic will be signing with a Russian team this week.

He was looking for an MLE deal for 3 years.  Instead he signs a 2 year deal for $3 million Euro per season with Triumph Moscow.

And now cheap-ass Memphis is trying to make a trade with New Jersey for him.  Not because they want him, but because they know they can't get him.  Memphis is below the minimum percentage of a salary cap that a team is required to spend.  If they acquire the NBA rights to Krstic in a team and keep those rights by making a qualifying offer, that qualifying offer counts against the salary cap.  So they will meet their Collective Bargaining Agreement requirements without actually paying any money to a player.  Sounds like a loophole the Players Association may want to close in the next CBA.

 Ooo nevermind they don't hafta pay the qualifying offer.

greenteam:

And now cheap-ass Memphis is trying to make a trade with New Jersey for him.  Not because they want him, but because

they know they can't get him.  Memphis is below the minimum percentage of a salary cap that a team is required to spend.  If they acquire the NBA rights to Krstic in a team and keep those rights by making a qualifying offer, that qualifying offer counts against the salary cap.  So they will meet their Collective Bargaining Agreement requirements without actually paying any money to a player.  Sounds like a loophole the Players Association may want to close in the next CBA.

 

Europe now targetting the all-stars

 This was translated from Italian to English.

But the more sensational event, today, is that one of a possible return to the agonistica activity of a player who till 1996 was simply the most devastating large wing of the NBA: Shawn Kemp. It returns in NBA? Not. In Europe? Where? Milan, Rome, Madrid, Moscow, Atene? Not, to Montegranaro. From two days the daily premises bring back the news, between the general incredulità of assigned to the intense activities and not Quite it speaks about alternatives like Vin Baker and Chris Laettner. All players already for a long time withdrawn. Baker unfortunately has lately had still troubles with the law.

We remember that Roberto Carmenati, GM of Montegranaro, are also scout for Europe and Africa of the Dallas Mavericks. And own in the coaching staff of the Mavericks trained Shawn Kemp some year makes in sight of a clamorous return in NBA, than then it did not happen.

We do not know if Kemp will return to play, and it will make if it to Montegranaro, but the against-exodus of players from the NBA to Europe or also of former-players, will not be able that to do good the basket European, in terms of talent, quality of the game (even if then they are the wealthy squares to prevail), and, because not, also of image. VF

Dan Dickau is being offered $4 million a season for 2 years.  DAMN, he should jump all over that!!!!

The club is lesser known, Unics Kazan.

http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1217474723246870.xml&coll=7&thispage=2
 

 It's 2 years away but if this trend gains momentum, what if Olypiacos tried to buy Lebron, Wade or Carmelo (Bosh is staying in Toronto  :P )?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/ian_thomsen/08/01/lebron.greece/?eref=sircrc 

 $20M euros a seaons. I would do it for two years and collect major money.  It's all business.

 Two players who are big name guys in the NBA who I think could deffinetly take the European offers towards the end of their careers would be Stephon Marbury (who is brilliant for predicting this earlier) and Shaq. Shaq has always said he doesn't want to be rich, he wants to be wealthy. Well 1 - 3 years collecting Euros at a high value (more then he would in the U.S.) tax free and a place to live would deffinetly get him closer to his goal.

Carlos Arroyo has signed a 3-year, $7.5 million deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli League.