Comments on: The Impact of the European Exodus

By: Jared Ras

Jared Ras — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:18:49 +0000

I was the one who compiled the list, though it was just my best attempt at a patchwork list of players since a complete list wasn't really available through my research. Boykins I knew but had forgotten; I assumed he was retired after last year's stint in Europe and therefore out of the player pool for comparing future seasons. Krstic was in the NBA last year as well, so that doesn't quite work for stating theoretical win shares. I suppose Carlos Arroyo and Juan Carlos Navarro could be added to the list, but again, I couldn't find them in my quick research and they must have slipped my mind.

By: KneeJerkNBA

KneeJerkNBA — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:50:17 +0000

Childress is probably the cream of that crop. And the Nugs might miss Kleiza a little bit. For the most part, that's a bunch of scrubs.

By: your favourite sun

your favourite sun — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:46:22 +0000

There were a few others who jumped ship last year that were more important than Acker, Green or Simmons. Carlos Arroyo and Earl Boykins, for starters, and briefly Nenad Krstic...even Juan Carlos Navarro. Adding these guys would not significantly alter the conclusion of your analysis, but they'd be more representative of the calibre of players being lost to Europe. I mean, Kedrick Brown hasn't even been in the NBA since 2005, he's as irrelevant to this subject as the hundreds of other fringe players who choose overseas competition over minor US leagues every year. We should only be including guys who had a legitimate shot at an NBA roster spot in the first place.