sports.yahoo.com - 7/24/2008
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LAS VEGAS The prospects of an NBA superstar making a leap of faith and fortune to the burgeoning European basketball market isn’t close, but it no longer seems such an outrageous possibility. As models for the perfect pioneer go, Jason Kidd does believe that his talents at 35 years old are suited to the Euro game, where size, strength and smarts are a tonic for declining speed and ...
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Rumors and Free Agent Updates - Six Degrees of Separation Edition
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... Now that Josh Childress has made the leap to play in Europe next season, there is a lot of talk going around about other's following suit. Perhaps the most interesting is Jason Kidd talking about going to Europe when his contract is up. Playing in Europe could extend a player's career by a few years because they don't play the physical game that is found in the NBA. This is also why many European players have trouble adjusting to the NBA as they aren't used to the physical play that they run into when they come here. Carl Landry ...
Bostjan Nachbar Thinks Jason Kidd Might Join Him in Europe
FanHouse —
Filed under: Lakers, Mavericks, Euroleague, NBA RumorsForget LeBron James to Greece, today's hot rumor is Kobe Bryant to Russia! Asked if, like many of his fellow NBA stars, he would consider moving to Europe to play, Bryant answered very straight-forwardly. "Of course. By the way, are you the owner of a Russian team? It can be arranged for $40 million per year." Okay, straight forward or not, Bryant was almost certainly having some fun with Sport Express Daily, the Russian pub that reported his quote today. But the question remains, when will the first bona fide All-Star follow in the footsteps of Josh ...
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