Panathinaikos’ wild offseason is apparently not over yet. Previously linked with Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue and Dejun Han, the Greens may finally be ready to sign with a Chinese player (and perhaps gain a nice foothold in that lucrative basketball market): Namely, Ailun Guo of the Liaoning Dinosaurs. According to Bball Headlines, Dinosaurs front office reps stated that they “have indeed received documents from Panathinaikos,” but a board meeting must be held before the club lets Guo come to the Continent.
The 18-year-old was last seen on the international stage (albeit briefly) in the 2012 Olympic Games, appearing in three games with Team China, including 26 minutes against Brazil in which his 4-of-7 shooting earned Guo eight points. He’s also represented China in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2010 FIBA U17 Worlds and the 2011 FIBA U19 Worlds.
Tags: 2012 Olympic Games, Ailun Guo, Euroleague, Euroleague 2012-13, Panathinaikos, Team China
Yesterday the news have been denied
http://www.sportando.net/ita/europa/grecia/43006/panathinaikos-guo-ailun-negato-ogni-contatto.html
Today’s news is PAO negotiating with Hilton Armstrong
PAO late summer market have been quite roumoured so far….
His name is actually Guo Ailun, since he is Chinese. Chinese use the last name first.
Great, is a good opportunity for this young player who came out to shine at the Olympics and should be his real career outside.
Man I don’t know how anyone of that Chinese team shined at the Olympics. Last place and -126 and they didn’t even face the US! I mean maybe Yi Jianlian because he led the tournament in rebounds and was 2nd in blocks but everyone else on that team obviously did not belong at that elite level of basketball.
BTW, the budgets of some of clubs in some of the leagues for the 2012-13 season are.
These are the TOTAL BUDGETS, and in EUROS €.
VTB United League (regional league):
CSKA Moscow – 38.5 million euros
Khimki Moscow Region – 18.5 million euros
Lokomotiv Kuban – 18 million euros
UNICS Kazan – 16.5 million euros
Zalgiris Kaunas – 11.5 million euros
Spartak St. Petersburg – 9 million euros
Donetsk – 8 million euros
Azovmash Mariupol – 8 million euros
Nizhny Novgorod – 7 million euros
Lietuvos Rytas – 6.5 million euros
Enisey – 6 million euros
Krasnie Krilya – 5 million euros
Triumph – 5 million euros
Astana – 4 million euros
VEF Riga – 4 million euros
Liga ACB (Spain):
Barcelona Basket – 28 million euros
Real Madrid – 23 million euros
Baskonia Vitoria – 16 million euros
Sevilla – 12 million euros
Malaga – 11.5 million euros
Bilbao Basket – 11 million euros
Valencia Basket – 10 million euros
CAI Zaragoza – 5 million euros
Gran Canaria – 5 million euros
Joventut – 4.5 million euros
GBC – 4 million euros
Estudiantes – 3.6 million euros
Manresa – 3.6 million euros
Valladolid – 3.6 million euros
Obradoiro – 3.6 million euros
Canarias – 3.6 million euros
Fuenlabrada – 3.6 million euros
Murcia – 3.6 million euros
Adriatic League (regional league):
Cedevita – 7 million euros
Partizan – 4 million euros
Red Star – 4 million euros
Union Olimpija – 4 million euros
Krka – 3.7 million euros
Cibona – 3.7 million euros
Radnicki – 3.25 million euros
Szolnoki Olaj – 3 million euros
Buducnost – 2.8 million euros
Igokea – 2.5 million euros
MZT – 2.5 million euros
Zadar – 2.5 million euros
Siroki – 2.5 million euros
Split – 1.9 million euros
Greek Basket League (Greece):
Olympiacos – 19.5 million euros
Panathinaikos – 18.5 million euros
Panionios – 4.7 million euros
Kolossos – 4.2 million euros
Kavala – 3.7 million euros
PAOK – 3.6 million euros
Ikaros – 3.3 million euros
KAOD – 3.2 million euros
Aris – 3.2 million euros
Panelefsiniakos – 3.2 million euros
Rethymno Aegean – 3.1 million euros
Apollon Patras – 3.1 million euros
Peristeri – 3 million euros
Ilysiakos – 2.7 million euros
Turkish Basketball League (Turkey):
Efes – 24 million euros
Fenerbahçe – 20 million euros
Galatasaray – 14 million euros
Banvit – 10 million euros
Besiktas – 6.5 million euros
Ted Kolejliler – 3.1 million euros
Aliaga Petkim – 2.6 million euros
Gaziantep – 2.2 million euros
Karısıyaka – 2.2 million euros
Tofas – 2.2 million euros
Erdemir – 1.75 million euros
Olin Edirne – 1.75 million euros
Telekom – 1.75 million euros
Mersin – 1.75 million euros
Antalya – 1.3 million euros
Hacettepe – 1 million euros
Serie A (Italy):
Olimpia Milano – 16 million euros
Montepaschi Siena – 10 million euros
Cantu – 8.5 million euros
NBA budgets for the 2012/13 season
Atlanta: $59.5 million
Boston: $60.5 million
Brooklyn: $80.5 million
Charlotte: $57 million
Chicago: $74.5 million
Cleveland $49 million
Dallas; $65 million
Denver $65million
Detroit: $67 million
Golden State: $70.5 million
Houston: $50.5 million
Indiana: $50.5 million
Clippers: $70 million
Lakers: $99 million
Memphis: $70 million
Miami: $82.5 million
Milwaukee: $65.7 million
Minnesota: $51.8 million
New Orleans: $63.2 million
New York: $73 million
Oklahoma City: $66.3 million
Orlando: $
And that would be why the NBA loses on average between $300-$350 million per year.
Hmmm… I don’t know who is taking the loses exactly but this is the main reason why the NBA is so much better than Euroleague and why the NBA fans get to watch the best players night in and night out. The Euroleague team with the highest budget (CSKA) would have one of the lowest if the not lowest budget of every NBA team and every other Euroleague team is not even in the same league.
NBA teams don’t pay the taxes of their players. Most European clubs (except the clubs in Spain and France) do pay the taxes of their players.
So to compare it properly you have to take out the taxes of the NBA salaries, which you did not do.
For example, the budgets of the Spanish and French clubs already factor in the taxes being taken out.
While the budgets of clubs in Italy, Turkey, Greece, Russia, Israel, etc. have to also pay all the taxes of the players. Something NBA teams do NOT do.
Yet, you are counting the NBA salaries like the teams do pay the taxes. However they don’t. So if you want to make a fair comparison, then you have to take those NBA figures and then also deduct out the taxes, because the PLAYERS pay the taxes, not the clubs.
There is not a single NBA team that pays the taxes for their players, but you have counted it as if they do. So please correct that, then we can get a FAIR comparison.
Here are the budgets of the Euroleague clubs for 2012-13:
Euroleague:
CSKA Moscow – €38 million euros
Barcelona Basket – €28 million euros
Efes – €24 million euros
Real Madrid – €23 million euros
Fenerbahce – €20 million euros
Maccabi Tel Aviv – €20 million euros
Olympiacos – €19.5 million euros
Panathinaikos – €18.5 million euros
Khimky Moscow Region – €18.5 million euros
Olimpia Milano – €16 million euros
Baskonia Vitoria – €16 million euros
Zalgiris Kaunas – €11.5 million euros
Malaga – €11.5 million euros
Montepaschi Siena – €10 million euros
Brose Baskets – €8.5 million euros
ALBA Berlin – €8 million euros
Cedevita – €7 million euros
Besiktas – €6.5 million euros
Lietuvos Rytas – €6.5 million euros
Prokom – €5 million euros
Elan Chalon – €5 million euros
Partizan – €4.5 million euros
Union Olimpija – €4 million euros
Then you have the budgets from the teams in the qualification round (have not yet qualified). One of these three teams should be the team that qualifies, just going by the teams with the best rosters on paper, and by the team that plays at home. One of these three should probably be the team that makes it – most likely it will be UNICS.
UNICS Kazan – €16 million euros
Cantu – €8.5 million euros
Donetsk – €8 million euros
So, you can take those budgets and then compare it to the budgets of the NBA teams after you deduct out the player’s taxes, because the players pay that, and not the clubs, which you counted it as the clubs paying it.
Of course the NBA budgets will be higher, but if you want to be FAIR and OBJECTIVE, then you need to properly compare it. Otherwise it just looks like more trolling and Euro bashing.
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