Do the Jazz still have his Bird rights? What do you think his value is on the free agent market? He donated his salary in Russia to charity for the season apparently. Can't see him doing that for 2 more years. What was he making in American dollars over there? What's it going to take to get him back in the NBA?
Hopes to return to the NBA next season with Utah or New Jersey http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/527916
Didn't read the link but I have a good guess why he likes NJ. Crazy the different influences there are for players to pick a team, and too bad Houston doesn't seem to have any.
That's understandable. Utah because he played with most of the players & coach. NJ because he would be teamed with DWill & they have a Russian owner. That being said; if we were to trade for Howard, we'd have a good chance of signing DWill & AK40(he's not all he used to be).
His flopping off Scola negated a Bobby Jackson three-ball that would have tied a playoff game with less than a minute to go. Just a drop in the bucket for his kind of "game." Screw him.
I was at that game Then later in that series Clutch captured his shriek as he tried to draw a foul at the end of the game by grabbing someone's arm and flopping.
The first time I saw AK47 in a summer league game I was very impressed. To me he has not fullfilled his potential for this or that season. I doubt he will make much of an impact in the NBA if/when he returns.
He's 31 now and there is no telling how much gas he has left in the tank. I'd offer 2yrs/$8MM at the most.
