Dude. The only thing that helps that team stay competitive with any team in the NBA is the NBA players unfamiliarity with playing them. If teams were playing that team of scrub NBA rejects every single night? They would be a middle of the pack team in the NBA.
Yes, you have a very, very limited knowledge about basic basketball. This post you just made it proof of that.
Coming into a thread about Minny's No. 2 pick, the last thing I expected to read about was Barca homerism and artificial cattle insemination.
I see Eurotroll is spreading his filth around this thread again, lolz. Newsflash, everyone who stays in Euroleague for more than a couple of years as a teenage/college age kid sucks. The highest earners in that terrible league don't even make $10 mil (yes I'm talking after tax money you baddie, so don't start with your usual salary reporting rant lol), so if they were any good they'd quickly make the jump to NBA and double their salary. But alas, they're stuck in the minor league of basketball.
Unless Morey pulls in some favors I doubt the T.Wolves would do it. Ray Allen was worth a number 5 pick in the draft and he's a much more complete player than K-Mart. I know this draft is weaker, but I still think we'll need to throw some more draft picks in there at least.
Yes, and after the new NBA CBA the highest salaries in Euroleague will be = to the highest salaries in the NBA.
Lol, after tax? A common max salary in the NBA pays roughy, say, $17m. The federal income tax applied to almost that entire amount would be 35%, or about $6m, leaving that max player $11m. Then, depending on who they play for, they might be paying a state income tax as well. And, don't forget that player salaries had 8% escrowed to assure that the players don't get more than 57% of BRI. Last year, only 12.7% of money paid into the escrow was ultimately given back to the players. The year before that, nothing. So, you can assume this max player loses another $1m to $1.4m of his salary there. In all, it wouldn't be surprising for a max-player to take home less than $10m as well. Perhaps he's still getting paid more after-tax than a Euroleague player after-tax, but the gap doesn't seem to be as wide as you imagine.
I'll let it slide that 17 mil is not really the average salary of a max contract and assume that the highest paid player in the NBA makes 17 mil. The top two earners in Euroleague make roughly 5 and 4 mil a year. So like I said, if they were good then they'd make a smart financial decision and come to the big boy league and get paid double. But alas...
Scola was multiple time Euro league first teamer, no? Why has Scola not had this success in the NBA? By my count he is the 5th best power forward in his division here (Duncan, Dirk, Randolph, and West). My explanation is the euroleague in not as strong as the NBA. What is yours?
Players in all sports playing across state lines also are subject to income tax in states in which they play. A Dallas, Houston or San Antonio player doesn't pay taxes here in Texas or when they play in Tennessee, Florida or New Jersey but they pay income taxes in New York, California, Arizona, Oregon and other states. You also forgot the percentage they pay to their management/agent companies.
So the top NBA player will make $5 million a year under the new CBA(your statement)? Highly unrealistic.
