Multiple NBA Players Discuss Playing Overseas For The Right Price

NBA Players, Including Wade, Would Consider Playing Overseas If Offered Enough Money

CONSIDER THIS: James, when asked yesterday if he "ever imagined the possibility of playing abroad," said, "Did I ever imagine it? No. Is it a possibility? Yes." James: "Things are changing really fast and you never know. I can't throw all my eggs in one basket." In N.Y., Harvey Araton notes James' sponsor Nike "would have to give such a relocation its blessing" (NYTIMES.com, 8/8). TRUEHOOP's Henry Abbott wrote when Russian sports writer Alexander Chernykh asked Bryant if he'd consider playing in Russia, "there was a lot of laughing, and some jokes, and at some point Bryant responded: 'You cut the check, and I'll bring my Nike checks.'" Chernykh said in an e-mail, "If you're Nike, you'd want your player to be in Moscow, which is one of the world capitals, playing for a well-known team" (ESPN.com, 8/7). Bryant Friday at a U.S. Olympic basketball press conference said of playing overseas, "I'd go. I'd probably go. Like Milan or something like that, where I grew up or something like that. Peace out. Do you know any reasonable person that would turn down [$50M]?" (BOSTON.com, 8/8). Nuggets F Carmelo Anthony said, "If anybody, in any situation, gets offered $50[M], you got to look into it. If somebody offered me $50[M], I got to look into it" (DENVER POST, 8/8). Mavericks G Jason Kidd: "The rest of the world is getting better at basketball and the money is there. That is why we have already seen some guys make the move overseas." Wade: "If LeBron made the jump then you never know. All bets would be off." Jazz F Carlos Boozer: "I'm a businessman. If some team in Europe made me an astronomical offer then I would have to consider it" (GUARDIAN.co.uk, 8/8).

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