Is this a dangerous trend for the NBA?

Question

Players leaving the NBA for European clubs. I'm sure you've heard how weak the dollar is and also how European clubs are able to offer more lucrative contracts. Here's a list: Bostian Nachbar, Carlos Delfino, Jorge Garbajosa, Juan Carlos Navarro. While these are international players Josh Childress American born is considering leaving the NBA for a European club. Brandan Jennings has (I think ) signed a multi year deal. Is the one and done rule and rookie contracts going to backfire on the NBA.

Answer 1

In my opinion, I don't think it's a dangerous trend because no matter what happens, players will still have that desire to play in the NBA someday. MLB have some competition in Japan yet Japanese players are migrating West to showcase their skills in America. The NFL is still surviving from competition from Canada and the AFL. Of course, some AFL players are fine-tuning their skills there to be ready for the NFL.

Players like Delfino, Garbajosa, and Navarro aren't getting the playing time they deserve to have in the NBA, so they migrate to Europe to fine-tune their skills in hoping for a return. Worse to worse, they finish their career there. Brandon Jennings might have set the standard when it comes to High School players wanting an opportunity to play in the NBA w/o the college route, although I don't like the idea one bit. He was the number one freshman entering the 2008-2009 season, heading for Arizona, but he might set a bad example for kids because they need education and what he's doing is for the money, not his well-being. The NBA set the limit at 19 for the purpose of the kids getting an education, but Jennings might have found that alternative route. I'm not opposed to players migrating to Europe to play ball but at some point the NBA might have to consider what Jennings is doing that might have an effect on the image of the NBA.

Josh Childress is a different story than Jennings or other who defected to Europe. The Atlanta Hawks are not making Childress their priority, even though he's their top swingman (11.8 PPG, 4.9 RPG) because of the Josh Smith situation. Childress doesn't have that many option because the market is so thin and teams offering a Mid-Level exception fear that the Hawks will match, just like they plan on to do with Josh Smith. His move to Europe adds leverage on whether or not the Hawks will negotiate or just let him go to Europe, losing their sixth man in the process. The U.S. dollars is consider to be less than Euro and with the team willing to pay his Greek tax (as well as an opportunity to start), Childress might be leaning toward that. His value could shoot up in 2011 if he sign with Olympiakos than staying with a qualifying offer.

Answer 2

The one and done rule is gonna backfire on the colleges...

Answer 3

That is the joy of competition.  Hopefully the NBA will also create a better product as a result.  take pro wrestling for example.  The best thing that happened to the WWF was WCW.

Answer 4

YES!! its just like hockey. why join a university in america. when u can play pro in canada russia or europe. better players than college, more scouts and a PAYCHECK. i think in hockey u can drop out of high school and join the pros at 16.GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW RULE NBA LOL.

Answer 5

Yes, the European market could endanger the NBA a little.  What the NBA should do is require at least three years of college like the NFL does and the only players that come in internationally should be those that were born there or lived there long enough to play a majority of their life there.  If a player who's in the NBA wants to go overseas they must have already been a transplant already or formally released by their team and not picked up by another within a certain amount of time.

Answer 6

I don't think so. I think for a high school player to go to Europe after graduation may become a trend. In college these players are not real student athletes, there just athletes. We know there school pays them but they can't openly get paid. So to avoid an O.J. Mayo situation u could just play overseas, and enter the draft a year later. But as always it comes down to the dollar. I am not sure how players are getting paid overseas, but I know thst these contracts in the NBA are lucrative. For a player such as Childress to want to play overseas is a little confusing. I am not sure what his motivation is. Maybe he can be a bigger star over there. But I think that the NBA is the most competitve league in the world and they pay the best. So the threat to me is not that serious

Answer 7

dont matter. they r not superstars. we still got bosh, wade, lebron and kobe, howard, stoudemire. dont worry

Answer 8

Well you have two different scenarios.  For players that fall into the Jennings category, yes the current NBA rule is dangerous. It was a hasty rule that is going to backfire on them in the long run.

As far as the veterans migrating over its not a big deal.  They are basically going to anothr league for a chance to play and maybe earn more money.  Its more for the oppourtunity to get more playing time than it is for the money though.

Answer 9

It might, think about it. These guys play to make money