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CSKA Moscow May Have Come Creeping Round the Bulls' Back Stair for Ben Gordon

John Paxson may have to pull those old Gordon Lightfoot records out for some sage advice. In the next level of the ever-escalating Ben Gordon contract standoff, noted Russian basketball juggernaut CSKA Moscow has reared its ugly head and is reported to be making a substantial offer to the Bulls' shooting guard. The report...

Jannero Pargo Is a Star, I Tell You! A Star! ... In Russia.

We've got a NBA Overseas Defection Watch List Update for you, and we swear, we're running out of them. Former Hornets guard Jannero Pargo is headed to Moscow Dynamo, according to Woj over at Yahoo!. He'll be joining Bostjan Nachbar on the club. Pargo is pretty much the epitome of feast or famine. He shot 39% last year,...

Report: LeBron James Would Consider Playing in Europe for $50 Million a Year

The "LeBron James could go to Europe" meme is picking up steam. ESPN's Chris Broussard reports that a person close to LeBron has indicated that LeBron would strongly consider getting his passport stamped if he's offered a salary "around $50 million a year" when he becomes a free agent the summer of 2010. And from the...

Bostjan Nachbar Thinks Jason Kidd Might Join Him in Europe

Forget 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,...

Carlos Arroyo Is Today's Relatively Mediocre NBA Player Bolting Overseas

"That's right, right this way, please step forward. Okay, forwards, please line up behind the Olympiakos sign, guards and centers, please line up behind the Maccabi Tel Aviv sign."Carlos Arroyo has gotten in line. Marc Stein, who may or may not be omniscient (seriously, who sits around asking "You know what I haven't...