Clips Nation: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:





The Greek Connection

With free agency beginning in earnest, one generally overlooked source of talent is the European leagues.  While everyone focuses on marginally talented NBA veterans like Steve Blake, some of the better free agent signings of the last few years have been veteran players on foreign teams (Garbajosa and Parker for Toronto, Nocioni for Chicago, Herrmann for Charlotte).  And there have been a few busts as well, like Jasikevicius and Maciajauskus.  

Theo Papaloukas remains the best veteran point guard playing in Europe.  I've mentioned him as a possibility for the Celippers before.  There was even a rumor recently that the Lakers had made an offer to Papaloukas, but that was denied the next day.  Papaloukas made Chris Sheridan's list of top 25 Free Agents (Insider required), where he once again reported that the Clippers (among other teams) had shown interest.

The 6-foot-7 guard has drawn interest from several NBA teams, including the Heat, Lakers, Grizzlies and Clippers, and says he wants to give the NBA a shot, but it would take a full midlevel offer to trump what he's making tax-free in Russia. He has a 400,000 euro buyout with CSKA that must be executed by July 15.
It seems we'll find out what's happening with Papaloukas in the next two weeks, if Sheridan is right about his buyout.

It's a long shot that the Clippers would sign him, but I for one would rather give him a shot than the rag tag bunch of veteran NBA free agent point guards.

0 recs | Comment 0 comments

Story-email Email | Print |

Comments

Display:

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to ClipsNation!
Ad-medium-smq

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recent FanPosts

Small
Is Thornton a Decepticon?
Small
NBA Myths
101_0904_small
Recycled coaches…
101_0904_small
Declare yourself for the 09 Draft
Small
Dunleavy in the Playoffs
7470491_small
Trading question for you
Small
Can we finally end this nonsense notion
Small
Just our luck
Small
Lest there be any doubt - On Hawks/Celtics
Small
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

Post New FanPost All FanPosts Carrot-mini


Ad-banner-faketeams
Site Meter