Aug 8, 2008 | 11:20 AM | Mark Cuban: American Players to Europe? GREAT GREAT

by: Paul Miles

Mark Cuban used his personal sounding board to give us his opinion on the NBA Exodus. There, I said it. This thing has a name now. Deal with it.

From the NBA team's perspective, not only do we get additional evaluation time, but we still retain the same rights we had the day before you left, and I don't want to speak for any other team, but the hardest part of a player leaving is his going to a team you compete with and having to see him and read about it all the time. When a player defects overseas and you still hold the same rights, its not nearly that bad.

A quick recap:
1. players to Europe gives NBA teams additional evaluation time for free since the team holds NBA rights from the day the player defects.
2. players develop quickly in a high-pressure environment.
3. competition is still good.
4. Champions League style tournament? sure.

Labels: europe, mark cuban, nba

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