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America's Invasion of Euro Hardwood May Not Be Over; Another NBAer Considers the Move
Published 27 days ago at The Sporting Blog
That didn't take long at all, did it? Amidst all the hub-bub of Josh Childress changing the world, and all the challenges that lay ahead of him, at least one promising free agent is already weighing the European option. That would be Carl Landry, small-scale destroyer of worlds and probably 90% of the Rockets' overall toughness quotient. From The Houston Chronicle: The agent for restricted free agent forward Carl Landry says his client may entertain offers to play overseas. "Carl would entertain all serious offers," ...

Dream Shake is gonna need Jesus...
Published 27 days ago by Corn (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... or they are going to have to cash out their 401Ks and hand all that loot over to Daryl Morey. Cause the only likeable Rocket, Carl Landry (sorry Scola) might be pulling a "Childress." ...

Agent see, agent do: Is Carl Landry the next to head overseas?
Published 27 days ago by J.E. Skeets at Ball Don't Lie
... 's agent says he may be the next player to turn away offers from NBA teams to cash in overseas. From the Houston Chronicle: "Carl would entertain all serious offers," Landry's agent, Buddy Baker, told Houston television station KRIV-TV on Wednesday. "There is serious interest in Carl by both other NBA teams and internationally." I can't wait to see Dr. ...

Let the gates open
Published 27 days ago by Loren (noreply@blogger.com) at Pure Point
... Now Rockets Forward and restricted free agent, Carl Landry claims to be hearing serious offers from European teams as well. The Rockets are currently paying him $886K a year and might have enough of their mid-level left to bump that up to $2 million, but what happens when the European team puts $4.5 million on the table like BC Khimki, a Russian B-League team, did for Carlos Delfino? What team in the NBA, with cap space now a rare thing to come by, can afford to give their entire mid-level to a guy one year removed from being a second round draft pick? ...

NBA Weekly
Published 27 days ago by Antone (noreply@blogger.com) at Hip 2 Da Game
... picks who passed over the NBA as well, but I find it highly unlikely that an elite superstar will leave the NBA for a European team, even if they could make more money there. Chances are their endorsements and other perks and the lifestyle of an NBA superstar would be worth far more than what a European team could offer. Meanwhile, ESPN's TrueHoop thinks that the Childress signing is good for the NBA and it's possible that Houston Rocket Forward Carl Landry could be the next player to sign with an international team. Emeka Okafor: Charlotte ...

Thursday Bullets
Published 27 days ago at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
Lengthy new video interview with LeBron James in which he guarantees U.S. victory in Beijing. Carl Landry's agent threatens to "go Euro" too. TrueHoop reader Matt e-mails: "I think you should let everybody know that my NBA fanhood is open for business. After the events that took place on Wednesday, I can no longer call myself an Atlanta Hawks fan. If Hawks management doesn't care about me, why should I care about them? I'm not going to live my life depressed. I don't want to be in the draft lottery nine more years, in a ...

Childress Won’t Keep USA Basketball From Shining
Published 27 days ago by la287 at Daily Basketball
... Now, Houston Rockets big man Carl Landry has a nice bargaining chip considering nobody would have taken Landry’s remarks about playing overseas serious. ...

New trend: threaten to go to Europe
Published 26 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (SJ) at The Rip City Project
... The first bit of fallout from the Childress/Olympiakos deal is that agents and role players are officially using Europe as a threat. First Carl Landry and now ...

Open The Floodgates
Published 26 days ago by redsarmy at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
... All the mid-level guys who don’t think they’re mid-level guys are willing to leave the NBA to go make some bigger money in Europe.  It doesn’t hurt that most of them are European.  Add Sasha Vujacic to the mix (and if you read further in that piece… Ricky Davis is rumored to be considering it).  Oh.. and Delonte West.  Oh… and Andris Biedrins.  Oh… and Carl Landry.  All it took was one.  Now that Josh Childress, a pretty good ...

This Is Getting Ridiculous
Published 26 days ago by Jeff Briggs at RealClearSports - Blog
First, there was Brandon Jennings heading to Europe, but that looked to be an isolated act. However, now that Josh Childress has signed in Greece, European teams are reaching out more and more to average NBA players. The first rumor after Childress was that Rocket Carl Landry was considering going to Europe, but that appears unlikely. Since then: - Delonte West to Dynamo Moscow is possible. - Sasha Vujachic is prepared to go to Europe if he doesn't get an offer he likes from the Lakers. - Andris Biedrins was drawing interest ...

Young Rocket Launching Out of Association?
Published 26 days ago at CelticsBlog
A Daily Babble Production Former Hawks forward Josh Childress is already gone to the European leagues. Now, there is a chance the NBA could lose another promising young player. It isn't probable, but it's certainly possible. The Houston Chronicle 's Jonathan Feigen reported on Thursday that Rockets restricted free agent forward Carl Landry could consider leaving the NBA for any one of several overseas teams that have made inquiries about acquiring his services. From Feigen's report on agent Buddy Baker, it sounds like Landry is merely listening to all comers rather ...