Olympiacos looking to nab Mo

AdamTheGreek · Post #1 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 9:01 am

Take it with a grain of salt because sometimes the Greek press gets kind of bored during the summer and starts sh*t up (though they did see Duhon taking the Knicks offer before any press in the States did), but in one Athens paper 'To Fos' (translated as 'The Light') yesterday they said Olympiacos was looking at grabbing Evans. And it makes sense with us not getting A-Parker or Azubuike.
Keep in mind, Mo played for OLY in '02-'03 and he would get offered some good change (not as much as Parker's offers, but good change nonetheless). And we all know how sh*t the dollar is compared to the Euro.

So there's my international basketball contribution as there really hasn't been much news on Mo of late.

AdamTheGreek · Post #2 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 10:06 am

Actually I also found a Greek article that Mo visited Pireaus on Thursday and won a lot of "points" with ownership, so maybe it is a legit possibility.
Funny that our basketball team may be worth more than our soccer team by the time this offseason is over.

Versubio · Post #3 » by **Versubio** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 12:49 pm

So Mo Evans would likely make more money in Greece than what he could make here in the USA? I for one would not be surprised to see him back in Europe since he already played there once.

The Favero · Post #4 » by **The Favero** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 1:23 pm

There is a lot of money to be made playing in Europe. A second or third tier NBA player can make the an equal or higher salary while getting to play major minutes. If it was me, I'd go to Europe instead.

paperboymafia · Post #5 » by **paperboymafia** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 3:43 pm

AEK ftw.

drsd · Post #6 » by **drsd** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 5:45 pm

Versubio wrote:So Mo Evans would likely make more money in Greece than what he could make here in the USA? I for one would not be surprised to see him back in Europe since he already played there once.

Let's say he could get a contract €2M. In the current market, that would be US$3M. But that's actually not correct. A European deal is AFTER taxes. A €2M deal is actually around €4M deal (taxes are high in Y'urp).

Furthermore, Olympiacos is currently a very strong club. They are favored to win the Greek League and projected to make the the Final Four of the Euroleague. This is a good situation indeed!

Finally, Piraeus must be a nice place to live!!!

flyingvee · Post #7 » by **flyingvee** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 6:30 pm

My uncle played and starred for them from the mid 70's to mid 80's.

EasternMagic · Post #8 » by **EasternMagic** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 6:42 pm

thats pretty sweet

paperboymafia · Post #9 » by **paperboymafia** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 2:49 am

drsd wrote:
Versubio wrote:So Mo Evans would likely make more money in Greece than what he could make here in the USA? I for one would not be surprised to see him back in Europe since he already played there once.

Let's say he could get a contract €2M. In the current market, that would be US$3M. But that's actually not correct. A European deal is AFTER taxes. A €2M deal is actually around €4M deal (taxes are high in Y'urp).

Furthermore, Olympiacos is currently a very strong club. They are favored to win the Greek League and projected to make the the Final Four of the Euroleague. This is a good situation indeed!

Finally, Piraeus must be a nice place to live!!!

Athens is not a nice place to live.

theTHIEF · Post #10 » by **theTHIEF** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 2:57 am

he also MIGHT have an offer from NJ as well...I heard something about it last week...but, not sure how valid it is...

TheRevTy · Post #11 » by **TheRevTy** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 3:04 am

Hey Thief, any word around the RDV at the summer league tonight? Any juicy rumors to whet the appetite?

DiplomaticMagic · Post #12 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 3:08 am

I actually like Evans here.

theTHIEF · Post #13 » by **theTHIEF** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 3:08 am

nope...I talked to a few guys, got to talk to Tyndale a bit, he's a cool dude, he talks faster than his brain computes so it was weird, like he was extra excited...I got to meet Hammonds, told him how much of a crush I had on him and he said he would try and do me proud lol...too bad Pat didnt play him

...I talked to Julius Hodge for like a whole 15 minutes, he's cool...nothing else though...

flyingvee · Post #14 » by **flyingvee** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 3:37 am

paperboymafia wrote:Athens is not a nice place to live.

Athens is an awesome city to live in. Once you get settled in and make friends there, there is no city like it.