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Artest agent: No on Britain, Finland; maybe on Israel, Russia, Greece, Turkey…

July 12, 2011

After capturing the blogosphere’s attention with yesterday’s reportage of Ron Artest, a.k.a. Metta World Peace, looking to options in the British Basketball League in case of an extended NBA player lockout, ESPN Los Angeles went straight to the horse’s mouth – or the horse’s agent’s mouth – to learn the truth.

Said agent David Bauman to the website, “Even though [playing in England] makes sense from a [convenience standpoint], it doesn’t make sense from a basketball perspective.” Bauman went on to declare that Artest does want to play some professional ball in 2011-12 and that “If we do Europe, it’s going to be Israel, Russia, Greece, Turkey, Italy or maybe France. … When we spoke about the lockout, Ron said, ‘Find me the best teams.’”

(Just imagine Artest teaming with Sofoklis Schortsanitis on Maccabi next season…)

Bauman falls on the pessimistic side of scale in terms of how many NBA superstars will be playing in Europe for 2011-12, however: “I think any respectable European team will not sign a Deron Williams or a Ron Artest. They’ll look at the Sonny Weems or the [Darius] Songailas … and they’ll target those guys. Guys who are unrestricted and they won’t give an out to and say, ‘If you want to sign, you sign [for a full season].’”

(Was that a dig at Beşiktaş Cola Turka…?)

Jul 12, 2011ballineurope
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Comments: 2
  1. Biscayne
    12 years ago

    Beşiktaş needed some extra buzz to make things right, sponsor wise because their Former Sponsor Cola Turka(a branch of Ulker) wont renew contract with them due to the money that is given for basketball was used to football causing lose of fan base and players so yes Beşiktaş is not a respectable club in terms of basketball but signing Deron Williams is a nice step toward being a respectable one.
    On topic having more Nba stars playing in europe is always a good thing and it spices things up a little.

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  2. john marzan
    12 years ago

    Oh greece is good, ron..

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12 years ago 2 Comments More, NBA/NCAABeşiktaş Cola Turka, British Basketball League, Darius Songaila, David Bauman, Deron Williams, ESPN, Los Angeles Lakers, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Metta World Peace, NBA, NBA lockout, Ron Artest, Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Sonny Weems
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